Harpsichord
SKU:
BT.ALHE33874
Composed
by Richard Siegel. Book
with Online Audio. 60
pages. Heugel & Cie
#ALHE33874. Published by
Heugel & Cie
(BT.ALHE33874).
French.
Richard
Siegel won prizes for the
Harpsichord and Chamber
Music at the Paris
Conservatoire before
going on the win first
prize in the 1977
International Harpsichord
Competition. He has since
recorded over 30 CDs and
his passionfor the
instrument has been
further apparent in his
production of Apprendre
Toucher le Clavecin. As
stated in the preface,
the study of the
Harpsichord has long been
reserved, frequently
dismissed as an
'old-fashioned'instrument
. However, a recent rise
in the popularity of
early music has rekindled
interest in the
Harpsichord. In Apprendre
Toucher le Clavecin,
volume 1 being the first
of two helpful volumes to
aid student's learning
andprogression, Siegel
enables Harpsichord
beginners to learn
through repertoire pieces
themselves, drawn from
the Keyboard masters of
the Baroque period. The
pupil will be guided
towards an understanding
of technique and
stylesuited to the
Harpsichord. Furthermore,
Apprendre Toucher le
Clavecin, which is
accompanied by a CD,
enables adults who learnt
the instrument as a child
to return to the
instrument and have the
instant feeling of making
music.