J. S. Bach’s Keyboard Works: from Performance to Research
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J.S. Bach, keyboard music, performance practice, research, pedagogyAbstract
Practice-led research in classical music has tended to deal with specific and limited case studies, examining in detail the ways in which one musician’s individual responses to a work or genre can lead to a new understanding of that object, and assessing the different forms of knowledge generated. This project discussion however deals with a complete corpus created over one composer’s lifetime, Bach’s works for clavier, and looks at the very many different aspects of musical understanding - including pedagogy, technique, compositional practice, performance practice, attribution studies and organology - that can be enriched by hands-on engagement with a substantial and high-quality repertoire.
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