This afternoon I open the letter-box and find that sort of annoying note from the Post Office: “we’ve been there with the parcel you’ve been waiting for… but there was nobody at home”… Luckily,  in The Netherlands they use to leave them at the neighbors (and by chance we received yesterday another parcel for them!). So finally, no waits, no lines in the Post Office: “the CarlPhilipp” has arrived! [1]

I was kind of afraid with the book because (I must admit it) it was the first time I ordered a second hand one online… But it is in perfect condition: just a pair of pencil lines and looks of having lived in the shelf of a public library. And with a nice ecologic packing, as BetterWorldBooks promised: no plastic anywhere!

We are now in Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)’s Month. Last Tuesday, Satoko led the usual group-lesson together with Siebe’s presentation. And next 25th we all will play in the voorspeel…

Also, because of CarlPhilipp’s “fault”, we are in the clavichord month. So by now I am re-educating my little fingers with the first of the Probe-Stücke included in the Versuch. Much fun!

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[1] BACH, C.P.E. (1753/1762): Versuch über die wahre Art das Clavier zu spielen, i (Berlin, 1753/R, 2/1787); ii (Berlin, 1762/R, 2/1797). English translation MITCHELL, W.J. (ed.): Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments. New York, 1949.