Essay on the true art of playing keyboard instruments / by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach ; translated and edited by William J. Mitchell, associate professor of music, Columbia University.
xiii, 449 pages : portrait, facsimiles, music ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 446-449).
Contents
Part I : 1. Fingering -- 2. Embellishments : General ; The appoggiatura ; The trill ; The turn ; The mordent ; The compound appoggiatura ; The slide ; The snap ; The elaboration of fermate -- 3. Performance -- Part II : 4. Intervals and their signatures -- 5. Thorough bass : The triad (I) ; The triad (II) ; The chord of the sixth (I) ; The chord of the sixth (II) ; The diminished triad ; The augmented triad ; The six-four chord (I) ; The six-four chord (II) ; The four-three chord (I) ; The four-three chord (II) ; The six-five chord (I) ; The six-five chord (II) ; The chord of the second (I) ; The chord of the second (II) ; The five-two chord ; The five-four-two chord ; The three-two chord ; The chord of the seventh (I) ; The chord of the seventh (II) ; The seven-six chord ; The seven-four chord ; The chord of the major seventh (I) ; The chord of the major seventh (II) ; The chord of the ninth (I) ; The chord of the ninth (II) ; The nine-six chord ; The nine-four chord ; The nine-seven chord ; The five-four chord -- 6. Accompaniment : The unison ; One-part accompaniment for the left hand ; The organ point ; Appoggiaturas ; Syncopated notes ; The dotted compound appoggiatura ; The dotted slide ; Performance ; Closing cadences ; The fermata ; Some refinements of accompaniment ; Imitation ; Some precautions of accompaniment ; The need for figured basses ; Passing tones ; Chords that precede their bass notes ; The recitative ; Changing notes ; Bass themes -- 7. Improvisation : The free fantasia.
Summary
The first complete English translation of C.P.E. Bach's instruction book, incorporating all of Bach's alterations, additions, and footnotes into the main text. The incorporations are identified in the editor's notes.
