Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: The Instruments: 1. The transition from the harpsichord and clavichord to the piano; 2. Stops, levers and pedals; Part II. Pedalling and the Early Pianists: 3. Documentary accounts of early pedalling; 4. Early technique of the pedals as described in tutors; 5. Early pedal markings; 6. Mozart and his contemporaries; Part III. Pedalling After c.1820: 7. The emergence of modern pedalling; 8. The sustaining pedal after c.1800; 9. Other pedals from c.1800; Appendix: J. P. Milchmeyer, Die wahre Art das Pianoforet zu spielen; Louis Adam: Méthode de Piano du Conservatoire; Daniel Steibelt, Méthode de Piano.

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A history of piano pedalling from its beginnings in the eighteenth century to its maturity in the nineteenth century.

Reviews

"Although this is admittedly a highly specialized study, it is one that should not be neglected by musical historians, or by pianists who are interested in improving their understanding of the music of the past." Notes "Rowland has done a great service by gathering together all of the 'hard' evidence: quotations from treatises, descriptions of performances, students' accounts, and musical examples with composers' pedal markings. Pianists will find much that is fascinating ..." Early Keyboard Journal