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Extended Piano Techniques in Theory, History and Performance Practice

Luk Vaes

So-called "extended techniques" have suffered a consistent lack of understanding from a theoretical, historical and practical point of view. 

Keywords: cluster and glissando techniques, extended techniques, historically informed performance practice, piano, prepared piano, string piano

The harpe organisée, 1720-1840

Maria Christina Cleary

The “harpe organisée”, 1720-1840: Rediscovering the lost pedal techniques on harps with a single-action pedal mechanism, is the title of Maria Christina Cleary's PhD thesis. This is the first monographic study on harp pedal techniques, tracing the historical way to pedal on the early pedal harps with a single-action pedal mechanism, the “harpe organisée”, the term used by Diderot.

Keywords: basso continuo, harp, hip, historically informed performance practice

Knowledge and Creation in Historical Performance Practice

Johannes Boer

Johannes Boer's research intends to question the way explicit knowledge is applied in order to restore and perform music from the past with the intention to get as close as possible to its original meaning. 

Keywords: historically informed performance practice, monteverdi, viola da gamba