“In general, as the 19th century wore on, especially quick tempi tended to become slower in performance,” says Jordan. “And one thing I can say is, that by heeding Beethoven’s metronome marks, it confirms that the taste [at the time] for fast movements was to play them faster.”
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Soprano Adriana Ruiz will perform in Early Music America’s Emerging Artists Showcase, May 24-26, 2018, as part of the Bloomington Early Music Festival. Cuban-born Adriana Ruiz started her studies of Piano at the age of seven. She completed her studies in Voice and Choral Conducting at the Cuban Conservatory of Music “Esteban Salas” and won the
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At 92, Benson is still tall and sinewy, with fine features that belie the fortitude that took her around the world as a pioneering clavichord artist at a time when women rarely traveled alone.
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The University of Southern California Collegium Workshop will perform as part of Early Music America’s Young Performers Festival, May 24-26, 2018, as part of the Bloomington Early Music Festival.
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It is welcome news that David R. Godine has published Nym Cooke’s magisterial study of this repertoire, and in such an elegantly engraved and handsome boxed set.
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