IMO: She was one of the greatest. Her recording of Ligeti's Continuum
(exactly 4 minutes, if I remember correctly) is, well, amazing.
And she was a superb life performer.
And we'd have many a good composition less if it were not for her.
And having listened to her performing Scott Joplin: Anybody will have
serious doubts that his compositions were not *intended* for
harpsichord.
And, and, and ... .

Heinrich


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> Notice might also be made of the recent death of Elisabeth Chojnacka (1939-28 May 2017), a convincing advocate for the use of the harpsichord by contemporary composers.
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