Performance Practices in Classic Piano Music – Their Principles and Applications

Foreword by Malcolm Bilson
Preface: About Performance Practices
Acknowledgments
Sources of Figures
Introduction: Using this Book
Abbreviations
I. Background for the Study
II. The Fortepiano circa 1780-1820
III. Dynamics and Accentuation
IV. Use of the Pedals
V. Articulation and Touch
VI. Historical Technique and Fingering
VII. Ornaments
VIII. "Mixed Meters" and Dotted Rhythms
IX. Choice of Tempo
X. Flexibility of Rhythm and Tempo
XI. Performing Beethoven's Bagatelle Op. 126, No. 5
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

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