Welcome to the K2M Library...

K2M's library is not exhaustive- but at least you don't have to be quiet here!  If there's a book you want us to add to this list, just e-mail us and we'll post it to the site. The picture at the left is from the cover of the premiere reference book on contemporary repertoire: Harpsichord and Clavichord Music of the Twentieth Century, by Frances Bedford. Fallen Leaf Press, Berkeley, California, 1993. Below are books of interest on the instrument, repertoire and performance practice, and tuning and maintenance. Enjoy!

Books/Articles on the Harpsichord & related instruments

Three Centuries of Harpsichord Making, by Frank Hubbard. Harvard University Press, 1965. American Musical Instruments in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, by Laurence Libin. W.W. Norton & Company, 1985. Keyboard Instruments: Studies in Keyboard Organology, ed. by E.M. Ripin. Edinburgh, 1971. Musical Instruments from the Renaissance to the 19th Century, by Sergio Paganelli. Hamlyn Publishing Group, London, 1966. If It's Not a Piano, What Is It?, by Dorothy S. Freeman. Themes Foundation, Augusta, GA, 1993. Keyboard Instruments: The Instruments, The Music and The Musicians, by Clive Unger-Hamilton. Harrow House, Covent Garden, 1981.

Books/Articles on Repertoire and Performance Practice

Harpsichord and Clavichord Music of the Twentieth Century, by Frances Bedford. Fallen Leaf Press, Berkeley, California, 1993. The Interpretation of Early Music, by Robert Donington. Faber & Faber, London, 1963. Embellishing 16th Century Music, by Howard Mayer Brown. Oxford University Press, London, 1976. French Baroque Music, by James R. Anthony. W.W. Norton & Company, New York, 1978. Jean-Henry D'Anglebert and the Seventeenth-Century Clavecin School, by Beverly Scheibert. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, 1986. The Art of Accompaniment from a Thorough-Bass, by F.T.Arnold. Dover Publications, New York, 1965. Essays in Performance Practice, by Frederick Neumann. UMI Research Press, Ann Arbor, MI, 1982. Ornamentation in Baroque and Post-Baroque Music, by Frederick Neumann. Princeton University Press, NJ, 1978. Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments, by C.P.E. Bach, trans./ed. by William Mitchell. W.W. Norton & Company, New York, 1946. Landowska on Music, ed. by Denise Restout. Stein & Day, New York, 1969. Keyboard Music by Women Composers, A Catalog and Bibliography, compiled by Joan M. Meggett. Greenwood Press, Westport, CT., 1981. Keyboard Interpretation, by Howard Ferguson. Oxford University Press, London, 1975. Technique and Interpretation on the Harpsichord and Clavichord, by Richard Troeger. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1987. L'Art de Toucher Le Clavecin, by Francois Couperin (1716/17), ed./trans. by Margery Halford. Alfred Publishing Co., New York, 1974.

Books/Articles on Tuning and Maintenance

Harpsichord Tuning, by G. C. Klop. Werkplaats voor clavecimbelbouw, Garderen, Holland, 1974. A Performer's Guide Through Historical Keyboard Tunings,by Martin B. Tittle. Anderson Press, Ann Arbor, MI, 1978. The Equal Beating Temperaments, by Owen Jorgensen. The Sunbury Press, Raleigh, N.C., 1981. "Temperament", article by Mark Lindley, Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 1980. Strobe Tuner Settings for the Historic Scales, by Ian H. Henderson. 1983 Private Publication, available through author at: 4039 North Lake Road, Brockport, NY 14420.