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Bach and the Pedal Clavichord: An Organist's Guide.(Book Review)
Bach and the Pedal Clavichord: An Organist's Guide. By Joel Speerstra. Foreword by Hans Davidsson. (Eastman Studies in Music.) Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2004. [xiii, 205 p. ISBN 1-58046-135-2. $70.00.] Music examples, bibliography, illustrations, photographs, index.
Despite a long and prominent history, the pedal clavichord is little known today. Its existence was first documented in the fifteenth century and its development can be traced through the ensuing centuries. Like the harpsichord, it began to fall out of favor during the nineteenth century despite significant changes to its mechanism that reflected musical tastes of the period. By ...
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