Discoveries from the Fortepiano

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Discoveries from the Fortepiano is written by Donna Louise Gunn and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0199396647 (ISBN 10) and 9780199396641 (ISBN 13).

Discoveries from the Fortepiano meets the demand for a manual on authentic Classical piano performance practice that is at once accessible to the performer and accurate to the scholarship. Uncovering a wide range of eighteenth-century primary sources, noted keyboard pedagogue Donna Gunn examines contemporary philosophical beliefs and principles surrounding Classical Era performance practices. Remarkably researched and engagingly written, Discoveries from the Fortepiano is an indispensable aid to any pianist who seeks an academically and artistically sound approach to the performance of Classical works.