Keyboard Interpretation from the 14th to the 19th Century An Introduction

This standard work is an introduction to the interpretation of keyboard music from the fourteenth to the nineteenth century. Dr Ferguson provides information about the instruments themselves, and discusses this vast, fascinating, and ever-changing subject under the headings: musical types and forms, tempo, phrasing and articulation, fingering, rhythmic conventions, the 'tones' or modes, ornamentation, pianists' problems, and editors' problems. It is a clear, detailed, and practical guide to authenticity in performance which all keyboard players wil find indispensable. This reissue incorporates an updated list of modern editions and a completely revised bibliography.Ferguson, Howard is the author of 'Keyboard Interpretation from the 14th to the 19th Century An Introduction', published 1975 under ISBN 9780193184190 and ISBN 0193184192.