Contents

pp v-vi

Foreword

pp vii-x

Acknowledgments

pp xi-xii

Introduction

pp 1-8

Part One - Memoirs

pp 9-10

1 - Memoirs, 1933–77

pp 11-46

Part Two - Reflections

pp 47-48

2 - On Performing

pp 49-62

3 - On Recording

pp 63-74

4 - On Chamber Music

pp 75-82

5 - On Harpsichords and Their Transport

pp 83-92

Part Three - Essays

pp 93-94

6 - Elliott Carter's Double Concerto (ca. 1973)

pp 95-98

7 - On Editing Bach's Goldberg Variations: For Arthur Mendel (March 31, 1973)

pp 99-101

8 - RK and Music at JE (1983)

pp 102-104

9 - The Equipment and Education of a Musician (1971)

pp 105-109

10 - Bach and Mozart for Violin and Harpsichord (ca. 1944)

pp 110-112

11 - The Early Piano (Broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Music Weekly, September 23, 1973)

pp 113-118

Part Four - Lectures (Yale University, 1969–71)

pp 119-120

12 - Bach and Keyboard Instruments

pp 121-129

13 - In Search of Scarlatti's Harpsichord

pp 130-141

14 - Style in Performance

pp 142-150

15 - The Performer's Pilgrimage to the Sources

pp 151-158

16 - Private Virtue and Public Vice in the Performance of “Early Music”

pp 159-166

Appendixes

A - Personal Names in the Text

pp 167-178

B - Publications by and about Ralph Kirkpatrick

pp 179-188

C - Ralph Kirkpatrick Discography

pp 189-192

Index

pp 193-199