Description

This comprehensive work serves as an introduction to the interpretation of keyboard music spanning from the fourteenth to the nineteenth century.

Dr. Ferguson offers insights into the instruments themselves and explores this extensive and dynamic subject through various categories, including musical types and forms, tempo, phrasing and articulation, fingering, rhythmic conventions, modes, ornamentation, as well as challenges faced by pianists and editors.

It stands as a clear, detailed, and practical resource for achieving authenticity in performance, making it essential for all keyboard players. The reissued edition features an updated list of modern editions and a thoroughly revised bibliography.