Essays in Honor of Christopher Hogwood The Maestro's Direction

by Donahue, Thomas; Hogwood, Christopher; Brauchli, Bernard; Crowell, Gregory; Cunningham, Bridget; Klaus, Sabine K.; Levin, Robert D.; Martin, Darryl; Richards, Annette; Smith, Eleanor; Skowroneck, Tilman; Tomita, Yo; Troeger, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780810877375
• ISBN10: 0810877376
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-11-05
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Summary

Christopher Hogwood has had considerable influence in the latter half of the twentieth century in advocating the historically informed performance of early music. In honor of Hogwood's seventieth birthday in 2011. Thomas Donahue has collected writings from those who have been inspired by the distinguished keyboard player, music editor, writer, and conductor.

Author Biography

Thomas Donahue is a musician and instrument builder. His works include Gerhard Brunzema: His Work and His Influence (1998); Anthony Newman: Music, Energy, Spirit, Healing (2000); A Guide to Musical Temperament (2005); and A Style and Usage Guide to Writing about Music (2010), all published by Scarecrow Press.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. xiii
Christopher Hogwood Chronology	p. xv
From the Virginal to the Spinet: Domestic Keyboard Instrument Manufacture and Use in Stuart England	p. 1
Reading Soul from Manuscripts: Some Observations on Performance Issues in J. S. Bach's Habits of Writing His Music	p. 13
Handel's Visit to Dublin, 1741-42	p. 41
Picturing the Moment in Sound: C. P. E. Bach and the Musical Portrait	p. 57
John Crang: His Workshop and Surviving Claviorgan	p. 91
Thoughts on Articulatory Notation in Haydn's Solo Keyboard Music	p. 121
What Keyboard Instrument Did Mozart Envision for His Concerto in D major, K. 175?	p. 137
Square Pianos in German-Speaking Areas at the Time of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Their Possible Uses in His Works	p. 157
Two Eighteenth-Century Swedish Clavichords in American Collections	p. 181
Beethoven and the Clavichord	p. 197
Stringband Design for Fretted Clavichords	p. 209
Afterword: How to Evade Autobiography	p. 243
Index	p. 249
About the Contributors	p. 255
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