| #1149092 in eBooks | 2011-07-11 | 2011-07-11 | File type: PDF||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| This is an exceptionally useful guide to the history of harpsichord technique and includes ...|By Richard J. Forde|This is an exceptionally useful guide to the history of harpsichord technique and includes pbotos of helpful practical hand positions. A must-have for harpsichordists at all levels of development.|2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.|||"The basic approach to playing the harpsichord with sensitivity which Kosovske encourages is absolutely right, and this will be a valuable reference book for those setting out to play the harpsichord seriously. |Because so much of the material presented here
Yonit Lea Kosovske surveys early music and writing about keyboard performance with the aim of facilitating the development of an expressive tone in the modern player. Reviewing the work of the pedagogues and performers of the late Renaissance through the late Baroque, she gives special emphasis to la douceur du toucher or a gentle touch. Other topics addressed include posture, early pedagogy, exercises, articulation, and fingering patterns. Illustrated with musical ex...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Historical Harpsichord Technique: Developing La douceur du toucher (Publications of the Early Music Institute) | Yonit Lea Kosovske. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!