Reflections of an American Harpsichordist

<p>This collection of unpublished writings by the eminent harpsichordist and scholar Ralph Kirkpatrick contains his memoirs for the period 1933-77 as well as essays on a variety of topics including his preparation for the first performance of Elliott Carter's Double Concerto thoughts on editing Bach's Goldberg Variations and reflections on recording chamber music performance and harpsichords and their transport. The volume also contains five lectures from a Yale University lecture series presented between 1969 and 1971 a bibliography of publications by and about Kirkpatrick a discography of his recordings and a foreword by former Kirkpatrick student and renowned organist William Porter. Meredith Kirkpatrick the niece of Ralph Kirkpatrick is a librarian and bibliographer at Boston University and the editor of Ralph Kirkpatrick: Letters of the American Harpsichordist and Scholar (University of Rochester Press 2014).</p>