David Rowland
Publications and Recordings

Books

Authored

A History of Pianoforte Pedalling, Cambridge University Press (1993), xi + 194 pp., ISBN 0-521-40255-2

Early Keyboard Instruments: A Practical Guide, Cambridge University Press (2001), xi +154 pp., ISBN 0 521 64366 X (hardback); 0 521 64385 6 (p/bk)

Edited

The Cambridge Companion to the Piano, Cambridge University Press (1998), xiv + 244 pp., ISBN 0 521 47470 1 (hardback); 0 521 47986 X (paperback). Chinese translation, 2003

Book chapters

‘The nocturne: development of a new style’ in Jim Samson, ed., The Cambridge Companion to Chopin, Cambridge University Press (1992), pp. 32-49, ISBN 0-521-40490-8

‘Chopin’s tempo rubato in context’ in Jim Samson and John Rink, eds, Chopin Studies 2, Cambridge University Press (1994), pp. 199-213, ISBN 0-521-41647-8; translated into Spanish in Quodlibet, February 1997, pp. 5-20

‘Beethoven, pianoforte pedalling’ in R.Stowell, ed., Performing Beethoven, Cambridge University Press (1994), pp. 49-69, ISBN 0-521-41644-2

‘Clementi and the British Concerto Tradition’ in Roberto Illiano, Luca Sala and Massimiliano Sala, eds, Muzio Clementi: Studies and Prospects, Bologna: Ut Orpheus Edizioni (2002), pp.179-190, ISBN 88-8109-448-7

‘Clementi’s Early Business Career’ in Richard Bösel, Massimiliano Sala, eds, Muzio Clementi. Cosmopolita della Musica. Atti del convegno internazionale in occasione del 250° anniversario della nascita (1752-2002). Roma, 4-6 dicembre 2002, Bologna: Ut Orpheus Edizioni (2004), pp.49-59, ISBN 88-8109-450-9

‘The performance of Chopin’s works for piano and orchestra’ in Artur Szklener, John Comber, Kinga Tarka, Wojciech Bonkowski, eds, Chopin in Performance: History, Theory, Practice, Warsaw: Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina (2005), pp.169-83, ISBN 83-917410-6-0

‘Performance practice in the nineteenth-century concerto’ in Simon Keefe, ed., The Cambridge Companion to the Concerto, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2005), pp.227-46, ISBN 13-970-0-521-83483-4; 13-978-0-521-54257-9

‘Viotti and Clementi: Friendship, Publishing, the Philharmonic Society and the Royal Academy of Music’ in Massimiliano Sala, ed, Giovanni Battista Viotti. A Composer Between the two Revolutions, Bologna: Ut Orpheus Edizioni (2006), pp.377-94, ISBN 88-8109-457-6

Articles

‘Early pianoforte pedalling’, Early Music 13/1 (1985), pp. 5-27, ISSN 0306-1078

With Richard Maunder, ‘Mozart’s Pedal Piano’, Early Music 23/2 (1995), pp. 287-96, ISSN 0306-1078.

‘Piano music and keyboard compass in the 1790s’, Early Music 27/2 (1999), pp. 283-93, ISSN 0306-1078

‘Chopin and the extension of the piano’s compass’, Ostinato Rigore: Revue internationale d’etudes musicales 15 (2000), pp. 187-196, ISBN 2-85893-604-8

‘La Clementi & Co. e l'incendio del 1807’ [‘Clementi & Co. and the fire of 1807’; trans. Massimiliano Sala], Hortus Musicus 3/11 (2002), pp. 61-63, ISSN 1129-4965

In press

The correspondence of Muzio Clementi, his family and business partners, Bologna, Ut Orpheus Edizioni

‘Clementi & Co. in international markets’, conference proceedings of the International conference ‘Instrumental Music and the Industrial Revolution’, Cremona, 1-3 July, 2006

‘Chopin and early nineteenth century piano schools, conference proceedings of the V International conference of the Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina, Warsaw, 1-3 December 2005

‘Chopin’s early piano style: Compass,notation and texture’, proceedings of the VI International conference of the Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina, Warsaw, 30 November – 2 December 2006

‘The interaction between the piano businesses in England and France’, proceedings of the International Symposium, ‘Existe-il une école française du piano (1780-1820)?’, Limoges, 27-29 April 2007

Conference papers

‘Chopin and the extension of the piano’s compass’ L’Oeuvre de Chopin, Colloque International, Université de Paris-Sorbonne, 1999

‘Clementi and the 1790s: New Documents’, Muzio Clementi, Cosmopolita della Musica, Convegno internazionale in occasione del 250° anniversario della nascita (1752-2002), Rome, 4-6 December, 2002

‘Clementi and his company’, Royal Musical Association Study Day, ‘Longman, Broderip, Clementi & Co: Music Sellers and Instrument Makers’, Royal College of Music, 8 April, 2003

‘Samuel Wesley’s harpsichord and piano music in context’, One-day Conference, ‘The Life and Music of Samuel and Samuel Sebastian Wesley’, Nottingham University, 15 December, 2003

‘The performance of Chopin’s works for piano and orchestra’, IV International conference of the Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina, Warsaw, 2-4 December 2004

‘Chopin and early nineteenth century piano schools, V International conference of the Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina, Warsaw, 1-3 December 2005

‘Clementi & Co. in international markets’, International conference ‘Instrumental Music and the Industrial Revolution’, Cremona, 1-3 July, 2006

‘John Field: a reputation for style’, Inaugural event of the John Field Institute, NUI Maynooth, 18 November 2006

‘Chopin’s early piano style: Compass,notation and texture, VI International conference of the Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina, Warsaw, 30 November – 2 December 2006

‘The interaction between the piano businesses in England and France’, International Symposium, ‘Existe-il une école française du piano (1780-1820)?’, Limoges, 27-29 April 2007

Edition

Piano parts of Sonatas 1-6, 9 from Lefèvre’s Méthode de Clarinette [1802], Oxford University Press/Ricordi (1988)

Commercial recordings

François Devienne, early keyboard with Badinage (Meridian Records, 1993).

Michel Corrette, early keyboard with Badinage (Meridian Records, 1994).

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, early keyboard with Badinage (Meridian Records, 1995).

Georg Phillip Telemann, early keyboard with Badinage (Meridian Records, 1996).

Georg Frederick Handel, early keyboard with Badinage (Meridian Records, 1996.)

Johann Joachim Quantz, early keyboard with Badinage (Meridian Records, 1997).

Funeral music and laments of the sixteenth to the eighteenth century, Director, Christ’s College Choir (Meridian Records, 1997).

Jean Marie Leclair, early keyboard with Badinage (Meridian Records, 1997).

Antonio Vivaldi, early keyboard with Badinage (Meridian Records, 1998).

Howells and Britten choral music, Director, Christ’s College Choir, (Regent Records, REGCD169, 2002).

Parry Songs of Farewell, Stanford Magnificat for Double Chorus and other works, Director, Christ’s College Choir, (Regent Records, REGCD204, 2004).

Of a Rose: carol settings by Britten and Leighton, Director, Christ’s College Choir, (Regent Records, REGCD243, 2006).

Significant performance

November 1992: Mozart Fantasia K475, Concerto K467. First modern performances with pedal fortepiano. Reviewed in The Times, 22 November 1992

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