Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments Prolog The Harpsichord in Decline Chapter 1 A Passion by Collecting Chapter 2 An Explorer Arrives: Arnold Dolmetsch Chapter 3 DolmetschOs American Legacy Chapter 4 The Incomparable Wanda Landowska Chapter 5 Lewis Richards, American harpsichordist Chapter 6 LandowskaOs American Circle Chapter 7 Made in America: Harpsichords? Chapter 8 New Generation, New Aesthetic: Ralph Kirkpatrick Chatper 9 Two OFirst Ladies of the HarpsichordO Chapter 10 A Golden Age: Landowska Returns Chapter 11 The Past Is Future Chatper 12 Marathon Man: Fernando Valenti Chapter 13 Kits, Records, and All That Jazz Epilog The Harpsichord Lives Notes Bibliography Index