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…
The present examination of Paisiello’s pedagogical work is based primarily on two sources: the Regole, printed in 1782 in St. Petersburg, as well as the autograph manuscript, and forty-one…
Many researchers and musicians have written about the cello in Italy, France and Germany. However there has not much been written yet about the cello in the Netherlands.
In his dissertation Jed Wentz investigates the repertoire of the tragédie en musique. His intent has been to examine how expressive modifications of the basic rhythmic pulse could have been related…
Between 1600 and 1800 countless manuals appeared on the subject: the improvised bass part on the harpsichord, pianoforte or organ. Musician and researcher Kathryn Cok unravels the secrets of the…
So-called "extended techniques" have suffered a consistent lack of understanding from a theoretical, historical and practical point of view.