Reflections of an American Harpsichordist Unpublished Memoirs, Essays, and Lectures of Ralph Kirkpatrick

8 ❧ introduction
The lectures, and perhaps several essays, were transcripts of tapes or presenta-
tions. Some had been revised for publication and required little editing, while
others required more extensive editing for clarity and punctuation.
At the suggestion of one of the readers of the manuscript, brief biographi-
cal information on many of the individuals mentioned by RK has been placed
in an appendix rather than at the bottom of the pages in footnotes. However,
place names, book references, and foreign phrases have generally been foot-
noted the fi rst time they appear in the text, when deemed necessary or useful.
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