'Back to the Land': Performance Practice and the Classic Period

Abstract

Interest in performance practice (performing practice, historical performance) is a 20th-century phenomenon.Digging through the accretions of centuries, performer-scholars in ever-growing numbers are striving to recover "authentic" styles, to go "back to the land," in Adam Carse's delightful phrase.For the Classic period specifically, no longer does the misconception prevail that performance problems declined dramatically (or vanished) as notation and instruments became more like today's.To the contrary, numerous issues invite attention.First, however, I recommend reflection in three broad areas: the peculiarly elusive nature of the subject; the ground covered by the term "Classic period"; the apparent continuity of performing tradition from 'Back to the Land' 27 Joining them at last is D.G. Turk's KJaviersehule (1789) in Raymond H. Haggh's widely acclaimed translation.Secondary sources run the gamut: bibliographies both general and specialized; dictionaries and encyclopedias, among which towers NGDMI; books devoted to a wide range of performance topics, such as, Eva and Paul Badura-Skoda on Mozart's keyboard music, William S. Newman on Beethoven's sonatas, Robin Stowell on the

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