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'Isolde Ahlgrimm appears in the pages of Peter Watchorn's biography as an artist of great depth, insight, and integrity, and a person of extraordinary strength and determination. Her pioneering contributions to the field of early music, which have largely gone unrecognized, were vital to our present-day awareness and appreciation of the musical aesthetics of former times. As a superb musician who knew the importance of scholarly research and saw period instruments as primary tools for understanding music of the past, she influenced many of the best known early music performers of the next generation...The story of Ahlgrimm's musical life offers more than a glimpse of the flowering of early music in Vienna before World War II and her place at its centre...The reader will come away from reading about her life with an altered view of the history of the early music movement'. Penelope Crawford, from the Foreword 'The specialist will find a wealth of material in the body of the book and much more in the appendices. As well as the discography and list of performers at the Concerte there is a wide range of material: correct fingering, when and how to play ornaments, etc. Much of this is extremely valuable to the performer... There is also an excellent bibliography, including details of several of Ahlgrimm's own writings.' MusicWeb International

'Isolde Ahlgrimm appears in the pages of Peter Watchorn's biography as an artist of great depth, insight, and integrity, and a person of extraordinary strength and determination. Her pioneering contributions to the field of early music, which have largely gone unrecognized, were vital to our present-day awareness and appreciation of the musical aesthetics of former times. As a superb musician who knew the importance of scholarly research and saw period instruments as primary tools for understanding music of the past, she influenced many of the best known early music performers of the next generation...The story of Ahlgrimm's musical life offers more than a glimpse of the flowering of early music in Vienna before World War II and her place at its centre...The reader will come away from reading about her life with an altered view of the history of the early music movement'. Penelope Crawford, from the Foreword ’The specialist will find a wealth of material in the body of the book and much more in the appendices. As well as the discography and list of performers at the Concerte there is a wide range of material: correct fingering, when and how to play ornaments, etc. Much of this is extremely valuable to the performer... There is also an excellent bibliography, including details of several of Ahlgrimm's own writings.’ MusicWeb International

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Peter Watchorn was born in Australia. Since 1974 he has devoted himself to a detailed study of the harpsichord and its repertoire, achieving an international reputation for his consistently high standard of performance. Resident since 1987 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Peter Watchorn has enjoyed an extensive career in both solo and chamber music. In 1985 at the Boston Early Music Festival he was presented with the most prestigious American prize for early music, the Erwin Bodky Award, for his performances of the music of J.S. Bach. From 1985-1992 he studied with the celebrated Viennese harpsichordist, Isolde Ahlgrimm and, as her authorized biographer, has published numerous articles about her life and career. He holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts from Boston University (1995). His recordings are found on Hanssler, Titanic, Globe and Musica Omnia.

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