University of Edinburgh

Claviers & Chorales: Domestic Keyboard Repertoires in North Germany, 1680-1740

David Gerrard holds degrees in music from the University of Oxford & in early keyboard performance studies from the University of Edinburgh. He has held appointments at Canterbury Cathedral, Magdalen College, Oxford, and Paisley Abbey. Having worked extensively with the harpsichords & clavichords in Oxford's Bate Collection & Edinburgh's Russell & Mirrey Collections, David has given recitals on many significant historical instruments. He also has been active as a harpsichord technician & restorer in London. David's research combines musicology, organology & performance to investigate the domestic use of keyboard instruments in Northern Germany in the early 1700s.

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Email: s1362198@sms.ed.ac.uk

First published: 24 September 2015