Yonit Lea Kosovske surveys early music and writing about keyboard performance with the aim of facilitating the development of an expressive tone in the modern player. Reviewing the work of the pedagogues and performers of the late Renaissance through the late Baroque, she gives special emphasis to la douceur du toucher or a gentle touch. Other topics addressed include posture, early pedagogy, exercises, articulation, and fingering patterns. Illustrated with musical examples as well as photos of the author at the keyboard, Historical Harpsichord Technique can be used for individual or group lessons and for amateurs and professionals.
Kosovske Music • Yonit Lea Kosovske performs on both modern and historical keyboard instruments as a soloist and chamber artist. She has produced several solo CDs, the most recent of which include La Gracieuse, French chaconnes, passacailles, & preludes (La Douceur, 2010) and Keyboard Music of Girolamo Frescobaldi (Focus, 2010). Kosovske lives in Ireland, where she performs as a freelance artist and teaches at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick. Front jacket illustration: The author’s harpsichord. Photograph by David Kingsbury. Author photograph by Wolodymyr Smishkewych. HistoricalHTmec.indd 1 Webb Wiggins Oberlin College and Conservatory INDIANA University Press Bloomington & Indianapolis iupress.indiana.edu 1-800-842-6796 Publications of the Early Music Institute Paul Elliott, editor Historical Harpsichord Technique “Well-conceived and well-written, Historical Harpsichord Technique offers valuable information for all who have an interest in developing good harpsichord touch.” Indiana Historical Harpsichord Technique Developing La douceur du toucher Yonit Lea Kosovske surveys early music and writing about keyboard performance with the aim of facilitating the development of an expressive tone in the modern player. Reviewing the work of pedagogues and performers of the late Renaissance through the late Baroque, she gives special emphasis to la douceur du toucher or sweetness of touch. Other topics addressed include posture, early pedagogy, exercises, articulation, and fingering patterns. Illustrated with musical examples as well as photos of the author at the keyboard, Historical Harpsichord Technique can be used for individual or group lessons and for amateurs and professionals. Yonit Lea Kosovske 5/25/11 3:27 PM Historical Harpsichord Technique • Publications of the Early Music Institute Paul Elliott, editor • Historical Harpsichord Technique• Developing La douceur du toucher Yonit Lea Kosovske Indiana University Press Bloomington & Indianapolis This book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, IN 47404-3797 USA iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931 Orders by e-mail
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