How did they play? How did they teach? : a history of keyboard technique / Sandra Soderlund.
| Author/creator | Soderlund, Sandra |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | Chapel Hill, NC : Hinshaw Music, ©2006. |
| Description | viii, 544 pages : illustrations, music ; 30 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | History of keyboard technique |
| Contents | Introduction -- Early keyboard playing in Germany and the Netherlands -- Early keyboard playing in Spain -- Early keyboard playing in England -- Early keyboard playing in Italy -- French classic keyboard playing -- German keyboard playing at the time of Bach -- Johann Sebastian Bach -- Clavichord and harpsichord to fortepiano -- The first pianists -- Ludwig van Beethoven -- Contemporaries of Beethoven -- Mendelssohn and friends -- The Schumann circle -- Frédéric Chopin -- Franz Liszt -- Virtuosi -- French pianism -- Russian pianism -- Pedagogues -- A separate technique for the organ. |
| Abstract | This book traces keyboard playing from its beginnings to the end of the nineteenth century, discusses all the instruments--organ, harpsichord, clavichord, piano--quotes from letters, diaries, reviews, and method books, includes full chapters on Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and Liszt, and has major sections on the great performers and composers from Frescobaldi and Couperin to Debussy and Rachmaninov. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliography (pages 523-535) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006927230 |
| ISBN | 0937276332 |
| ISBN | 9780937276334 |