When Did the Clavichord Become C.P.E. Bachs Favorite Instrument?
An Inquiry into Expression, Style, and Medium in Eighteenth-Century Keyboard Music This paper, written for a symposium on the clavichord that took place in 1999, was subsequently published in modified form in De clavicordio IV: Proceedings of the IV International Clavichord Symposium, Magnano, 8–11 September 1999 (Magnano: Musica Antica a Magnano, 2000), pp. 37–53. A French translation by Jean-Claude Teboul appears in Ostinato rigore 23 (2004): 139–57. Click here to read the paper in its original form. The recordings can be heard by clicking on the following links, then right-clicking on the word “download” and saving to your local computer. I made the recordings on the Swedish clavichord of circa 1770 at the National Music Museum in Vermillion, South Dakota (more information here). 1. Sonata in E minor (W. deest), second movement (Andante) 2. Sonatina in G, W. 64/2 (H. 8), second movement (Largo) 3. Sonata in B minor, W. 65/13 (H. 32.5), first movement (Poco allegro) 4. Sonata in C, W
