{"product_id":"discoveries-from-the-fortepiano-a-manual-for-beginning-and-seasoned-performers-9780199396641","title":"Discoveries from the Fortepiano A Manual for Beginning and Seasoned Performers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiscoveries from the Fortepiano meets the demand for a manual on authentic Classical piano performance practice that is at once accessible to the performer and accurate to the scholarship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This carefully researched book offers a collection of intriguing and applicable strategies that will encourage and enable performers of all abilities to speak the language of both composer and period -- with authenticity and creativity.\" - Joan Reist, Past President, Music Teachers National Association \"...a detailed manual for avid historical instrument buffs and modern performers...Gunn presents a practical approach on how to look at a score from the time of Mozart and create a convincing performance on any instrument.  She is far more than an enthusiast in her desire to bring the ideas of early performance practices to life in a modern world.  Useful as reference work or a college text.\" - Choice \"[A] landmark book...This is a book that should be in every classical pianist's library.\"--American Music Teacher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Companion Website ; Foreword ; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; 1. Urgency: Why Bother? ; 2. Affekt and Good Taste ; 3.  Formal Structure and Harmonic Function ; 4. Technique-Execution ; 5. Rhythm ; 6. Dynamics ; 7. Accents and Other Expression Marks ; 8. Articulation and Touch ; 9. Staccato Dots and the Other Usual Suspects Ornaments ; 10. Ornaments ; 11. Repeats ; 12. Damper Pedal ; 13. Indicated Tempo ; 14. Final Words","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767019733335,"sku":"9780199396641","price":37.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/discoveries-from-the-fortepiano-a-manual-for-beginning-and-seasoned-performers-9780199396641","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}