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Joseph Spencer <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 9 Nov 1994 20:20:37 -0800
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You wrote:
 
>
>> >Many years ago Josef Gatt (sp?) made some creatively miked,
delicious-
>> >sounding recordings on the clavichord.  Have any of them been
>> >remastered and released on on CD?
>> >
>> >Varda Ullman Novick
>> >[log in to unmask]
>> >
>
>Jozsef Gat (there are diacriticals over the "o" and "a" which I cannot
>reproduce here) (1913-1969) was a Professor at the Budapest Hochschule
>after 1949.  He studied piano with Bartok and composition with Kodaly.
>His book (in English "Technique of Piano Playing") has been published
in
>several languages.  He began giving performances on harpsichord and
>clavichord as early as 1952(!) in his native country.
>
>I have an old Hungaroton LP upon which Gat performs the "Goldberg"
>variations on harpsichord and a C.P.E Bach Sonata on clavichord.  Alas,
>the instruments are unidentified, but the harpsichord sounds "revival."
>The playing is spirited and musical; the style dated.
>
>Dave Kelzenberg
>
I might have figured you'd have the answer to this.
 
Joseph

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