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The harpsichord: a research and information guide
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Endangered species : the harpsichord and its new repertoire since 1960
The twentieth-century harpsichord has an unusual history: coming out of oblivion at the end of the nineteenth century, it was given a new lease of life, but at the same time acquired a mistaken identity. This thesis examines, from the perspective of the harpsichordist, the two types of harpsichord …
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The basso continuo : a survey of its origins in Italy and of its evolutionary diversification in Germany and France between 1650 and 1750
… look into the nature and function of the harpsichord, which was its immediate predecessor in terms of instrumental function. The following quote from the preface to Kuhnau's "Clavier Obung" (1692) suggests that in Gerr,any it had not been customary for the harpsichord to assume particular …
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Bach's Goldberg variations : a study of technical and stylistic transference to the piano
… of inflectional dynamics not available on the harpsichord, and the optional use of damper and una corda pedals. In this dissertation my endeavour has been to bring under the microscope, so to speak, the harpsichord and piano and their techniques and performance styles in relation to Bach's …
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The French Piano Prelude: Elizabeth Jacquet De La Guerre To Olivier Messiaen
… were utilized as introductory movements in harpsichord suites beginning in the 17th century in France. Louis Couperin was the first to adopt the genre, and harpsichord preludes were used by many later composers until 1750s. These works will be discussed alongside some of the major French …
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Master's thesis recital (saxophone)
Sonata for violin and harpsichord in B minor / J. S. Bach, arr. Liz Love -- The garden of love / Jacob ter Veldhuis -- Bachianas brasileiras no.5 / Heitor Villa-Lobos, arr. Liz Love -- Concerto for alto saxophone and wind orchestra / Ingolf Dahl
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Playing Rameau on the piano : the Suite in A minor from Nouvelles suites de pieces de clavecin
… practices of Rameau’s day, as well as piano and harpsichord playing, some of his harpsichord works successfully can be adapted for the piano. My study discussed Rameau’s Suite in A minor from the Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin (1726/7) and included audio excerpts of this work. In contrast …
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Historical Performance Practices in Organ Works Before 1750 in Liège
… Thomas Babou (1710), and the Pièces de clavesin (harpsichord and organ pieces) by Hubert Renotte (1749).</p> <p>Novel applications of historical evidences include understanding how to register the solo voices in Scronx’s échos, the exact details of executing the port de voix ornamentation in …
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The decisive turn : Chambonnières as inspirer of the French baroque organ style
… a church-associated instrument? Second, what harpsichord composer or composers had sufficient contact with these organists to influence them to use a more secular style? Third, what stylistic similarities exist between that composer and the organists whose work he may have influenced? Fourth, …
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EARLY INSTRUMENTS IN 21ST CENTURY COMPOSITION AND AN ORIGINAL COMPOSITION FOR SAXOPHONES AND VIOLS
… early instruments like the viola da gamba, harpsichord, lute, and recorder in their compositions.</p> <p>The document also contains interview transcripts from eight composers and performers, including Nico Muhly, Liam Byrne, Martha Bishop, David Loeb, Yukimi Kambe, Sarah Mead, Heather …
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“I Shan't Ever Play Down These Influences”: Poulenc’s Neoclassicism as Musical Legacy
… composition, and is especially present in his harpsichord concerto, the Concert champêtre (1928). This thesis surveys Poulenc’s writings to form a compositional ideology and examines the ways these ideas appear within his music, especially in the Concert champêtre. By identifying his ideology, …
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Graduate Recital, Voice
… touch of English Lute Songs, performed with harpsichord. Such Composers this recital indulges in are none other than G.F. Handel, J.S Bach, Maurice Ravel, Gaetano Donizetti, Vincenzo Bellini, Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert, John Dowland as well as Stephen Sondheim. By focusing on Major …
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The Emergence of a Pivotal Role for the Thumb in Keyboard Fingering During the Early Eighteenth Century and Its Subsequent Impact on Pianistic Idiom
… approach to fingering of keyboard music (mainly harpsichord and piano) between the late 1500s and the mid-nineteenth century. The main focus of the work centers around the years c.1700-1775, as fingered sources and treatises of that time establish it to be a period of considerable change in terms …
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The English piano in the Classical Period: Its Music, Performers, and Influences
… of the ‘English grand’ piano in the English harpsichord and other early instruments. This is followed by an overview of early piano concerti by James Hook, J.C. Bach, and Schroeter. Stylistic evolution in the early works of Clementi and Dussek is analysed, as well as that of Haydn’s London …
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A Conductor’s Analysis of Almeida Prado’s Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ According to Saint Mark
… which comprises mixed choir, actors, organ, harpsichord and timpani, was composed in 1967. The setting of the passion story strictly follows the gospel account, and no other poetic text, reflective chorales or arias were added. Among other factors, this work is unique in that the choir is …
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Selected songs by Vincent Persichetti
… band and wind ensembles, keyboard (piano, harpsichord, and organ), chorus, and voice and piano (songs and song cycles); and an opera. Persichetti was the recipient of three Guggenheim Fellowships, over 100 commissions from organizations such as the Philadelphia Orchestra, the New York …
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Flute Performance Practice in the Tragédies en Musique of Jean-Philippe Rameau
… of several eighteenth-century flute, violin, harpsichord, viol, and vocal treatises to inform the interpretation of musical elements such as agréments (tremblements, ports de voix, and flattement), over-dotted notes, notes inégales, and articulation. This study reveals that, although …
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