Semana del Clavo lanza la versión digital de “Tratados y métodos de teclado”.
The book “Treatises and Keyboard Methods”, published in 2013, has been sold out, and it has a digital version as part of the actions of the 17th Harpsichord Week. The initiative is by Professor Marcelo Fagerlande.
The Harpsichord Week was created in 2004 and since then it has been held annually and uninterruptedly. The event, which this year goes to its 17th edition, is the only one of its kind in the country and gathers teachers and students from several Brazilian institutions. The initiative, which has been coordinated by Professor Marcelo Fagerlande since its inception, is currently a joint production of the Graduate Programs in Music (PPGM) and Professional Graduate Programs in Music (PROMUS).
In 2013, as part of the 10th Harpsichord Week, the book “Treatises and Keyboard Methods – works by Sancta Maria (1565), Frescobaldi (1637), F. Couperin (1716/17) and J. Ph. Rameau (1724)” was published. Practically sold out, it now gains a digital version, as part of the actions of the 17th Clove Week. An effort that contributes to the diffusion of the bibliography in Portuguese language on the subject.
The publication contains the translations of the works of these authors – considered references in the theoretical and practical study of the subject – and which constitute the first printed indications on keyboard technique.
As Fagerlande points out, they “are some of the most important references for our instrument, and the fact that we make them available in Portuguese may help the many students and scholars of the harpsichord that has grown in recent years in Brazil, both by the emergence of new courses and the consolidation of existing ones.
An introductory text about the treaties and their authors was included, contextualizing their importance for the current study of the keyboard technique. They deal primarily with the harpsichord and the organ – which is of direct interest to their interpreters – but their knowledge may be equally useful to pianists and other keyboard instrument scholars.
Coordination
Marcelo Fagerlande
Translation
Ana Cecilia Tavares
Clara Albuquerque
Marcelo Fagerlande
Maria Aida Barroso
Mayra Pereira
Titles of the works
1. Libro Llamado Arte de tañer Fantasía, por Tomas de Sancta Maria, Valladolid, 1565.
2. Al Lettore, prefácio do Livro II de Toccatas, Toccate d’intavolatura di Cembalo et Organo, por Girolamo Frescobaldi, Roma, 1637.
3. L’Art de Toucher le clavecin, por François Couperin, Paris, 1716/1717.
4. De la mechanique des doigts sur le clavessin, prefácio de Pièces de clavecin, Paris, 1724
Electronic Editing of Scores
Maria Aida Barroso