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Reflections of an American Harpsichordist

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Presents previously unpublished memoirs (1933-77), lectures, and essays by the eminent harpsichordist and scholar Ralph Kirkpatrick. This collection of unpublished writings by the eminent harpsichordist and scholar Ralph Kirkpatrick contains his memoirs for the period 1933-77 as well as essays on a variety of topics, including his preparation for the first performance of Elliott Carter's Double Concerto, thoughts on editing Bach's Goldberg Variations, and reflections on recording, chamber music, performance, and harpsichords and their transport. The volume also contains five lectures from a Yale University lecture series presented between 1969 and 1971, a bibliography of publications by and about Kirkpatrick, a discography of his recordings, and a foreword by former Kirkpatrick student and renowned organist William Porter. Meredith Kirkpatrick, the niece of Ralph Kirkpatrick, is a librarian and bibliographer at Boston University and the editor of Ralph Kirkpatrick: Letters of the American Harpsichordist and Scholar (University of Rochester Press, 2014).

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ISBN: 9781580465915
Publication date: 31st March 2017
Author: Meredith (Customer) Kirkpatrick
Publisher: University of Rochester Press an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 226 pages
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
Genres: Keyboard instruments
Composers and songwriters
Musicians, singers, bands and groups