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gep

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Gustav Leonardt, keyboardist extraordinaire and one of the pioneers of "authentich performance practice" died on the 16th of January, aged 83. A giant is no more....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Leonhardt

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retrouvailles

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Re: Gustav Leonardt dies

Reply #1 on: January 18, 2012, 06:33:54 AM

RIP indeed. He was one of the first to expose me to how beautiful period performance can be.

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commissiona

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Re: Gustav Leonardt dies

Reply #2 on: January 18, 2012, 07:14:33 AM

Oh my, that is sad news, indeed. I was listening to a recording of his Well-Tempered Clavier just last night but wasn't aware that he passed away. Leonhardt and his generation of early music artists did a lot to promote the resurgence of interest and performance of keyboard music of pre-Romantic composers.

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