A Harpsichord in the works of Bohuslav Martinů

The first chapter of the thesis "A Harpsichord in the works of Bohuslav Martinů" introduces this significant Czech composer. Chapter two presents the female interpreters of Martinů's harpsichord works. Marcell de Lacour and Antoinette Vischer, two female harpsichord players who commissioned Martinů to compose works for harpsichord, are discussed here as well as two Czech female harpsichord players Zuzana Růžičková and Monika Knoblochová, who recorded complete Martinů's harpsichord work. The list of Martinů's harpsichord compositiones is summarised in chapter three. The formal and harmonic analysis of two the most important compositions Sonate pour Clavecin and Deux Impromptus are included