Playing Bach on the Keyboard

A Practical Guide

Richard Troeger (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

306 Seiten

2003
Amadeus Press (Verlag)
9781574670844 (ISBN)

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PLAYING BACH ON THE KEYBOARD

In this concise and accessible volume, a noted keyboard artist and Bach specialist takes a fresh look at the performance of J. S. Bach's keyboard music. Addressing the nonspecialist player, Richard Troeger presents a wide range of historical information and discusses its musical applications. The author shares accounts of the musical styles Bach employed and the instruments he knew. In direct and pragmatic terms, he clarifies the importance of notational and style details as guides to the composer's intentions, particularly emphasizing changes in notational norms between Bach's time and the present. Troeger offers core information on dynamics, articulation, tempo, rhythm, ornamentation and accompaniment. He considers controversial issues as well, establishing the importance of the clavichord in Bach's milieu and examining the link between baroque music and rhetoric – a dramatic relationship that can bring great vitality to performance.

Richard Troeger has taught at the University of Alberta and The King's College, Edmonton.

Instruments -- Genres and styles in Bach's keyboard music -- Accounts of Bach's playing style -- Dynamics -- Articulation -- Phrasing -- Meter, accent, tempo, and time words -- Rhythmic elements -- Ornamentation and embellishment -- Keyboard fingering --Continuo accompaniment and ensemble playing -- Musical rhetoric -- Temperament -- Musicology and the performer.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.10.2003
Reihe/Serie	Amadeus
Sprache	englisch
Maße	159 x 230 mm
Gewicht	680 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Instrumentenkunde
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Singen / Musizieren
ISBN-13	9781574670844 / 9781574670844
Zustand	Neuware