"An Unsurpassed Source of Practical Wisdom Concerning the Art of Playing the Clavichord"
First edition of Türk's important treatise on keyboard playing, "for teachers and students, with critical remarks." Small quarto. Contemporary marbled boards (worn, rubbed slightly, head of spine partially lacking). [viii], [15] musical examples, [i] blank, 408, [xxi] pp. index. Minor to moderate browning and foxing throughout. With copious musical examples, including a number from the works of J. S. Bach, W. F. and C. P. E. Bach. Quite a good copy overall.
First Edition. Gregory-Bartlett I p. 275. Hirsch I 585 (lacking the final 15 pages of music). RISM BVI p. 846. Damschroder & Williams p. 361.
"Daniel Gottlob Türk's Klavierschule (1789) was, for late eighteenth-century readers, an unsurpassed source of practical wisdom concerning the art of playing the clavichord and a repository of useful information of general interest - including discussions of technical terms used in music, summaries of the characteristics which define various categories of composition (overture, serenade, individual dance movements, etc.), and commentary which would enhance the development of musical taste. For modern readers, the work powerfully evokes the standards, practices, and aesthetics of the Classic era. Pianists who perform works of Mozart or Haydn on modern instruments borrowing nineteenth-century legato style and conforming to metronomic exactitude in pacing might find türk's suggestions concerning non-legato articulation and nuanced rhythmic delivery a revelation. It is upon such books as Türk's that the recent movement towards performance on original instruments depends for sound advice on the use of the keyboard's resources for creating appropriate musical effects. " Damschroder & Williams.
"An Unsurpassed Source of Practical Wisdom Concerning the Art of Playing the Clavichord"
First edition of Türk's important treatise on keyboard playing, "for teachers and students, with critical remarks." Small quarto. Contemporary marbled boards (worn, rubbed slightly, head of spine partially lacking). [viii], [15] musical examples, [i] blank, 408, [xxi] pp. index. Minor to moderate browning and foxing throughout. With copious musical examples, including a number from the works of J. S. Bach, W. F. and C. P. E. Bach. Quite a good copy overall.
First Edition. Gregory-Bartlett I p. 275. Hirsch I 585 (lacking the final 15 pages of music). RISM BVI p. 846. Damschroder & Williams p. 361.
"Daniel Gottlob Türk's Klavierschule (1789) was, for late eighteenth-century readers, an unsurpassed source of practical wisdom concerning the art of playing the clavichord and a repository of useful information of general interest - including discussions of technical terms used in music, summaries of the characteristics which define various categories of composition (overture, serenade, individual dance movements, etc.), and commentary which would enhance the development of musical taste. For modern readers, the work powerfully evokes the standards, practices, and aesthetics of the Classic era. Pianists who perform works of Mozart or Haydn on modern instruments borrowing nineteenth-century legato style and conforming to metronomic exactitude in pacing might find türk's suggestions concerning non-legato articulation and nuanced rhythmic delivery a revelation. It is upon such books as Türk's that the recent movement towards performance on original instruments depends for sound advice on the use of the keyboard's resources for creating appropriate musical effects. " Damschroder & Williams.