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Zusatztext it is a relief to turn to the passionate advocacy of Paul Badura-Skoda ... he points the way to useful conclusions, marrying musicology with performance Informationen zum Autor Professor Paul Badura-Skoda is a pianist and scholar. Klappentext Paul Badura-Skoda's text conveys a passion for an informed interpretation of Bach's music based upon a recognition and respect for Bach's musical and intellectual intentions. Copiously illustrated throughout with music examples! Interpreting Bach at the Keyboard will take its place as a standard work for all students and performers of Bach's keyboard music. Indispensable for all students and performers of Bach's keyboard music Zusammenfassung A study of problems surrounding the interpretation of Bach's keyboard music, this work looks at rhythm, tempo, articulation and dynamics, as well as the instruments for which Bach's music was intended. It also includes a discussion of ornamentation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Abbreviations A note on terminology Part 1. General Problems of Interpretation 1: An authentic eighteenth- century performance source: C.F. Colt's organ-barrels 2: Studies in rhythm 3: In search of the correct Bach tempo 4: Bach's articulation 5: Dynamics 6: Problems of sonority 7: Problems of harpsichord and piano technique, and of expressive playing 8: The Urtext problem: An imaginary interview 9: Rendering the structure as a whole 10: Prelude in E flat minor and Fugue in D sharp minor, WTC I, BWV 853. An analysis for performance Part II. Studies in Ornamentation 11: Introduction 12: The development of ornamentation in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries 13: J.S. Bach's ornaments: Some general remarks 14: Pralltriller 15: Appoggiaturas 16: The loner trill 17: Bach's mordent 18: Arpeggios 19: The application of ornaments that are not notated 20: Free embellishments in Bach's keyboard works 21: Epilogue Appendix 1. Some recommended editions of Bach's keyboard works Appendix 2. Some textual and interpretational problems in Bach's Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 903 Appendix 3. J.M. Gesner, 'Johann Sebastian Bach as conductor, keyboard player, and organist' (Göttingen, 1738) Appendix 4. Excerpt from the Article 'Takt' in J.G. Sulzer's Allgemeine Theorie der schónen Kunste, vol. ii (Leipzig, 1774) Appendix 5. The Dedication of Partita No. 1 (BWV 825) and the Dedicatory Poem Appendix 6. Friedrich Blume and Hans Joachim Moser Bibliography Index ...
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Professor Paul Badura-Skoda is a pianist and scholar.
