A History of Pianoforte Pedalling

Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Part I : The Instruments:
• 1. The transition from the harpsichord and clavichord to the piano
• 2. Stops, levers and pedals
• Part II . Pedalling and the Early Pianists:
• 3. Documentary accounts of early pedalling
• 4. Early technique of the pedals as described in tutors
• 5. Early pedal markings
• 6. Mozart and his contemporaries
• Part III . Pedalling After c.1820:
• 7. The emergence of modern pedalling
• 8. The sustaining pedal after c.1800
• 9. Other pedals from c.1800
• Appendix: J. P. Milchmeyer, Die wahre Art das Pianoforet zu spielen
• Louis Adam: Methode de Piano du Conservatoire
• Daniel Steibelt, Methode de Piano.