Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Part One: Memoirs
7. 1 Memoirs, 1933–77 11
8. Part Two: Reflections
9. 2 On Performing 49
10. 3 On Recording 63
11. 4 On Chamber Music 75
12. 5 On Harpsichords and Their Transport 83
13. Part Three: Essays
14. 6 Elliott Carter’s Double Concerto (ca. 1973) 95
15. 7 On Editing Bach’s Goldberg Variations: For Arthur Mendel (March 31, 1973) 99
16. 8 RK and Music at JE (1983) 102
17. 9 The Equipment and Education of a Musician (1971) 105
18. 10 Bach and Mozart for Violin and Harpsichord (ca. 1944) 110
19. 11 The Early Piano (Broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Music Weekly, September 23, 1973) 113
20. Part Four: Lectures (Yale University, 1969–71)
21. 12 Bach and Keyboard Instruments 121
22. 13 In Search of Scarlatti’s Harpsichord 130
23. 14 Style in Performance 142
24. 15 The Performer’s Pilgrimage to the Sources 151
25. 16 Private Virtue and Public Vice in the Performance of “Early Music” 159
26. Appendixes
27. A Personal Names in the Text 167
28. B Publications by and about Ralph Kirkpatrick 179
29. C Ralph Kirkpatrick Discography 189
30. Index 193