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Newsletter VOLUME 2, NO. 1 SPRING 2013 SOCIETY TO MEET IN WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA MAY 30 TO JUNE 1, 2013 The 2013 HKSNA meeting will be held jointly with the American Musical Instrument Society in historic Colonial Williamsburg. Themed “Roots of American Musical Life,” the presentations cover wide-ranging topics. After the American Revolution, the capitol of Vir- ginia moved to Richmond, saving Williamsburg from the ur- ban transformation of other capital cities. Restored to its eighteenth-century character, Colonial Williamsburg has 88 original buildings and extensively researched reconstructions of others, including the magnificent Governor’s Palace and the capitol building itself. The world’s first and largest living history museum, the town lives up to its motto, “That the Fu- ture may Learn from the Past.” Governor's Palace Come early and stay late to experience the colonial city with its architecture, historic trades, and character actors interpreting the Founding Fathers and Mothers from Williamsburg’s past. Enjoy the cultural enrichments and diversions of the colonial capitol, including instrumental and vocal music and dance. Discover also one of the nation’s principal museums of eighteenth-century Anglo-American life and art, serving as a venue for some of the sessions and concerts. The backdrop for the meeting is a major new exhibit entitled “Changing Keys: Keyboard Instruments for America 1700−1830.” (See photos at http://www.jrw1.com/CK/gallery/). Twenty-eight spinets, harpsichords, organs, and square and grand pianos are featured, most exhibited for the first time. The exhibit traces the transition from harpsichord to piano and the early-nineteenth-century struggle for independence from the British monopoly on musical instruments towards the early burgeoning of the American keyboard industry. For much more about Colonial Williamsburg, its programs, history, museums, buildings and publications, go to http://www.History.org/. (Continued on page 3) TABLE OF CONTENTS The President’s Column ...........................................................................................................................................2 Editor’s Notes...........................................................................................................................................................2 AMIS―HKSNA Joint Conference Tentative Schedule...........................................................................................5 Historical Keyboards and 18th-Century Eggs: A Williamsburg Preview ................................................................8 Updating the HOG....................................................................................................................................................9 Report from Japan ....................................................................................................................................................15 CD Announcements..................................................................................................................................................16 Upcoming Workshops and Festivals .......................................................................................................................17 Publication Announcements .....................................................................................................................................17 Membership News and Notes...................................................................................................................................18 THE PRESIDENT’S COLUMN Elaine Funaro HISTORICAL KEYBOARD SOCIETY OF NORTH The Historical Keyboard Society of AMERICA NEWSLETTER North America has been officially launched! I felt we were given a fantastic champagne kick-off Sonia Lee, editor last spring at our Cincinnati event. It took a long E-mail: [email protected] time to get this ship moving at sea. However, it The Historical Keyboard Society of North Amer- has been almost a year now, and we have been ica Newsletter is published semiannually in able to steer the organization in a good solid di- March and September. rection. I’m happy to report that our website Short articles, reports on member activities, an- (http://historicalkeyboardsociety.org/) is up and nouncements of upcoming events, as well as working; this is now our second on-line newslet- reviews of publications and recordings are wel- come. ter; we are in the process of putting together the final program order for our next conference in Contributions can be sent in the body of an email Williamsburg this coming spring; we have four concerts being presented at or as a Microsoft Word document. Images or photographs should be in high resolution and sent the upcoming Boston Early Music Festival in June featuring our national and as separate files. It is the contributor’s responsi- international members; plans are in place for the next Aliénor and Jurow com- bility to obtain permission for the use of any petitions; the journal is coming along; and we have tentative locations for material from the appropriate copyright holders. conferences until 2016! Oh yes, did I say also that our monies are flush and Contributions and questions regarding the news- stable as well? To continue the metaphor, we are on a good course and will letter should be directed to the Newsletter Editor. be able to pick up steam and go far with our love of these wonderful instru- Deadlines for submissions to the newsletter are ments. I’m very pleased that you are along for the ride! February 15 (for the March issue) and August 15 (for the September issue). May I encourage you to mention us to your friends and colleagues as we welcome more members to come on board. We provide many benefits of HKSNA membership, so it should be an easy sell. Likewise, we have only a handful BOARD OF DIRECTORS of student members. Let’s all encourage our students to join―we have much to offer them for a minimal cost. President: Elaine Funaro Vice President: Sonia Lee All the very best! Secretary: David Kelzenberg Treasurer: Helen Skuggedal Reed Rebecca Fruchtman Max Yount Angeline Case-Stott EDITOR’S NOTES Shuann Chai Sonia Lee Rebecca Pechefsky Alan Cole Welcome to the spring issue of the HKSNA Newsletter! In this issue Nicholas Good you will find news about our upcoming joint meeting with AMIS, including Boyd Jones information about Colonial Williamsburg, a tentative schedule of events, Joyce Lindorff (Immediate Past President, SEHKS) travel and lodging details, and registration information. Joyce Lindorff has Sandra Mangsen (Immediate Past President, MHKS) kindly contributed an article (“Historical Keyboards and 18th-Century Eggs”) on her recent research residency at Colonial Williamsburg, offering us a nice preview to the meeting. Please visit our website for additional information as INTERNATIONAL the meeting approaches. Thanks to John Watson, Angeline Case-Stott, Helen ADVISORY BOARD Skuggedal Reed, and Elaine Funaro for their excellent work in organizing this year’s meeting! Malcolm Bilson Jane Clark Also in this issue are articles by Ed Kottick (“Updating the HOG”) Jorg Demus and by Frances Conover Fitch (“Report from Japan”), CD and publication Kenneth Gilbert announcements, a list of upcoming keyboard festivals and workshops, as well Christopher Hogwood Richard Kingston as news from our members. Davitt Moroney Richard Rephann I continue to look forward to receiving contributions from you for the Peter Williams Newsletter. See you in Williamsburg! 2 (Continued from page 1) MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AT COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG The collection in Williamsburg focuses on instruments of all types known in colonial America through the early Federal era. A particular strength in keyboard instruments resulted from a suc- cession of music consultants, conservators, and curators from that specialty, beginning in the 1930s with Lotta van Buren and Ralph Kirkpatrick. An early catalyst in America’s colonial revival phe- nomenon, Colonial Williamsburg also participated in the early mu- sic revival, evolving through decades of changing approaches to eighteenth-century music for current audiences. New exhibit entitled “Changing Keys: PECIAL ROGRAMS S P Keyboard Instruments for America 1700−1830” Three evening concerts will celebrate the heritage of music in early America, which drew from the best English, Continental, and domestic composers. The first will be held in the elegant candle-lit ballroom of the Governor’s Palace with The Governor’s Musick, Colonial Williamsburg’s resident performing ensemble. The program will include selec- tions by composers whose music was listed for sale in Virginia and throughout the colonies in the eighteenth century. Night two features “A Monticello Miscellany or ‘All that was good of its kind.’” Join Joe Gascho and his ensem- ble of seven musicians performing music for domestic entertainment from the library of Thomas Jefferson and his fam- ily. This early-evening concert will be followed by the annual banquet. The conference closes in style with “Music at Home: Fifty Years of Gathering at the Piano” with forte-pianist Andrew Willis and featuring his ensemble on piano, violin, flute and cello in music of European and early American composers. REGISTRATION Early registration fees (before April 30) are: Students, $128; Members, $189; and Non-members, $259. Late registration (after April 30) are: Students, $158; Members, $219; and Non- members, $289. Registration will include daily admission to the museum, all meeting