In these memoirs of his early years Ralph Kirkpatrick describes his quintessentially American background, his undergraduate years at Harvard, and his overwhelming first experience of European culture.
This volume will interest the music-lover and amateur of early music in its description of the formation of one of the most distinguished keyboard players of our time. But the general reader will also be fascinated by a document of the classical American confrontation with the historic civilization of England, France, Germany and Italy.
Early epilogue Frederick Hammond With Years
Delightful...outspoken...In an epilogue, harpsichordist Frederick Hammond presents his recollections of Kirkpatrick's engaging personality and formidable intellect. (Publishers Weekly)
...fascinating...meticulously documented...He was a man of talent, of intellect, of scholarship. (Music Journal)
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