Essay on the true art of playing keyboard instruments / by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach ; translated and edited by William J. Mitchell, associate professor of music, Columbia University.
| Author/creator | Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel author, composer. |
| Other author | Mitchell, William J. (William John), 1906-1971, editor, translator. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [1949] |
| Description | xiii, 449 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait, facsimiles, music ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Versuch über die wahre Art das Clavier zu spielen. English |
| Contents | Part I : 1. Fingering -- 2. Embellishments : General ; The appoggiatura ; The trill ; The turn ; The mordent ; The compound appoggiatura ; The slide ; The snap ; The elaboration of fermate -- 3. Performance -- Part II : 4. Intervals and their signatures -- 5. Thorough bass : The triad (I) ; The triad (II) ; The chord of the sixth (I) ; The chord of the sixth (II) ; The diminished triad ; The augmented triad ; The six-four chord (I) ; The six-four chord (II) ; The four-three chord (I) ; The four-three chord (II) ; The six-five chord (I) ; The six-five chord (II) ; The chord of the second (I) ; The chord of the second (II) ; The five-two chord ; The five-four-two chord ; The three-two chord ; The chord of the seventh (I) ; The chord of the seventh (II) ; The seven-six chord ; The seven-four chord ; The chord of the major seventh (I) ; The chord of the major seventh (II) ; The chord of the ninth (I) ; The chord of the ninth (II) ; The nine-six chord ; The nine-four chord ; The nine-seven chord ; The five-four chord -- 6. Accompaniment : The unison ; One-part accompaniment for the left hand ; The organ point ; Appoggiaturas ; Syncopated notes ; The dotted compound appoggiatura ; The dotted slide ; Performance ; Closing cadences ; The fermata ; Some refinements of accompaniment ; Imitation ; Some precautions of accompaniment ; The need for figured basses ; Passing tones ; Chords that precede their bass notes ; The recitative ; Changing notes ; Bass themes -- 7. Improvisation : The free fantasia. |
| Abstract | The first complete English translation of C.P.E. Bach's instruction book, incorporating all of Bach's alterations, additions, and footnotes into the main text. The incorporations are identified in the editor's notes. |
| Bibliography note | Bibliography: pages 446-449. |
| LCCN | 48009749 |