Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments

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18th-century treatise music theory book music treatise

Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments is an influential 18th-century treatise that codifies expressive keyboard technique, ornamentation, and performance practice, shaping later approaches to piano and harpsichord playing.

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Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments canonical 2
Versuch über die wahre Art das Clavier zu spielen 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th-century treatise ⓘ
music theory book ⓘ
music treatise ⓘ
aimsTo codify true art of keyboard playing ⓘ
author Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach ⓘ
century 18th century ⓘ
composerOfTreatise Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
dealsWith cadenzas ⓘ
dynamics ⓘ
embellishment of melodies ⓘ
ornament execution ⓘ
phrasing ⓘ
tempo and rhythm ⓘ
touch and articulation ⓘ
focusesOn clavichord ⓘ
clavier ⓘ
harpsichord ⓘ
genre didactic literature ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn interpretation of 18th-century keyboard music ⓘ
hasPart Part I ⓘ
Part II ⓘ
historicalContext transition from Baroque to Classical period ⓘ
influenced Classical-era keyboard style ⓘ
harpsichord performance practice ⓘ
later keyboard pedagogy ⓘ
piano performance practice ⓘ
language German ⓘ
notableFor detailed description of ornaments ⓘ
emphasis on expressive nuance ⓘ
guidance on accompaniment ⓘ
guidance on improvisation ⓘ
originalTitle Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Versuch über die wahre Art das Clavier zu spielen
publicationDate 1753 ⓘ
relatedTo Baroque performance practice ⓘ
Classical performance practice ⓘ
secondPartPublicationDate 1762 ⓘ
subject basso continuo playing ⓘ
expressive playing ⓘ
figured bass realization ⓘ
improvisation ⓘ
keyboard technique ⓘ
ornamentation ⓘ
performance practice ⓘ
usedBy historical performance practitioners ⓘ
keyboard teachers ⓘ
musicologists ⓘ

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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach → notableWork → Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments ⓘ
Carl → notableWork → Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments ⓘ
subject surface form: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments → originalTitle → Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Versuch über die wahre Art das Clavier zu spielen