“Lady Essex Minuet” from Longman and Broderip’s Compleat Collection of 100 of the most favorite Minuets (ca. 1780)
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Output Type
Performance
Publisher
James Huntingford
Place of Publication
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA)
School
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA)
Description
This track, “Lady Essex Minuet” from Longman and Broderip’s Compleat Collection of 100 of the most favorite Minuets (ca.1780) is one of the two tracks of music that comprise the performative application of the findings of the thesis entitled Tasteful piano performance in classic-era Britain. Representative contemporaneous English solo piano repertoire was performed on a representative contemporaneous English square piano and the performance was recorded. Annotated scores of the repertoire selected for the recorded performance are located on pp. 140-2 of the thesis. The meaning of each symbol used in the annotation of the scores is found on pp. 138-9. A comprehensive summary of the principal findings of the thesis (upon which the performative application was based) is located on pp. 143-50.
Additional Information
Performer: James Huntingford
Audio recording and mix: Angelique Huntingford
Audio recording assistant: Jas Lynn Martin
Technician-artisan: Paul Tunzi
Piano: Square Piano by Clementi & Co. (London, 1810, serial number 7618/4?30), Stewart Smith Collection, Perth WA
Temperament and pitch: Valotti, A415Hz
Comments
Huntingford, J. (2021). “Lady Essex Minuet” from Longman and Broderip’s Compleat Collection of 100 of the most favorite Minuets (ca. 1780) [MP3]. James Huntingford.