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Kirkpatrick, Ralph (1911–1984)| US harpsichordist and musicologist. He published a number of scholarly editions, including Bach's Goldberg Variations and an important book on Domenico Scarlatti (published in 1953) which gives definitive listings for all the sonatas given ‘Kk’ numbers. |
| He studied piano at home and theory at Harvard, and went on to study with Nadia Boulanger in Paris, France. In Paris he took harpsichord lessons with Wanda Landowska, as well as working with Arnold Dolmetsch in Haslemere, Surrey, England. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1937 and toured Europe studying early manuscripts. In 1940 he was appointed to Yale University. |
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