The Performer’s Role in Creation
Is the function of the performer to be the humble servant of the composer, or is the performer a collaborator with the composer? Collaborations are not usually made between masters and their…
Is the function of the performer to be the humble servant of the composer, or is the performer a collaborator with the composer? Collaborations are not usually made between masters and their…
When I was a student I was ignorant about early pianos, dismissing the sound as honky-tonk. This was until I attended lectures by my harpsichord teacher-to-be, Ruth Dyson, who opened…
One of the things that really gets my goat is the totally erroneous statement that the harpsichord is incapable of expression. Many famous and influential pianists who should know better…
Writing about the history of piano technique for my new eBook I recalled vividly my harpsichord studies with Ruth Dyson at the RCM, and her insistence that the fingers play from…