Contents

pp vii-viii

Acknowledgements

pp ix-x

List of abbreviations

pp xi-xii

Introduction

pp 1-4

PART I - The instruments

pp 5-6

1 - The transition from the harpsichord and clavichord to the piano

pp 7-13

2 - Stops, levers and pedals

pp 14-26

PART II - Pedalling and the early pianists

pp 27-28

3 - Documentary accounts of early pedalling

pp 29-41

4 - Early techniques of the pedals as described in tutors

pp 42-51

5 - Early pedal markings

pp 52-81

6 - Mozart and his contemporaries

pp 82-102

PART III - Pedalling after c.1800

pp 103-104

7 - The emergence of modern pedalling

pp 105-109

8 - The sustaining pedal after c.1800

pp 110-133

9 - Other pedals from c.1800

pp 134-156

APPENDIX: Chapters on pedalling from piano tutors

pp 157-158

J. P. Milchmeyer, Die wahre Art das Pianoforte zu spielen. Chapter 5 (Dresden 1797)

pp 159-169

Louis Adam, Méthode de piano du Conservatoire, Chapter 10: The manner of using the pedals (Paris 1804)

pp 170-173

Daniel Steibelt, Méthode de piano (Paris and Leipzig 1809)

pp 174-176

Notes

pp 177-186

Select bibliography

pp 187-190

Index

pp 191-194