Essay on the true art of playing keyboard instruments

Versuch über die wahre Art das Klavier zu spielen

Bok av Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

The many ramifications of Bach's comprehensive essay have been neatly explained and annotated in a manner that makes the Essay a valuable reference work and an interesting venture in musical literature and history. The translator, William J. Mitchell, brought to his task a long standing familiarity with C. P. E. Bach.