Age, Biography and Wiki

Ralph Kirkpatrick was born on 10 June, 1911 in Leominster, is an American harpsichordist and musicologist (1911–1984). Discover Ralph Kirkpatrick's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 73 years old?

Popular As N/A
Occupation N/A
Age 73 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 10 June 1911
Birthday 10 June
Birthplace Leominster
Date of death 1984
Died Place N/A
Nationality

We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous People born on 10 June. He is a member of famous with the age 73 years old group.

Ralph Kirkpatrick Height, Weight & Measurements

At 73 years old, Ralph Kirkpatrick height not available right now. We will update Ralph Kirkpatrick's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.

Physical Status
Height Not Available
Weight Not Available
Body Measurements Not Available
Eye Color Not Available
Hair Color Not Available

Dating & Relationship status

He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.

Family
Parents Not Available
Wife Not Available
Sibling Not Available
Children Not Available

Ralph Kirkpatrick Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Ralph Kirkpatrick worth at the age of 73 years old? Ralph Kirkpatrick’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from . We have estimated Ralph Kirkpatrick's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
Salary in 2023 Under Review
House Not Available
Cars Not Available
Source of Income

Ralph Kirkpatrick Social Network

Instagram
Linkedin
Twitter
Facebook
Wikipedia
Imdb

Timeline

1911

Ralph Leonard Kirkpatrick (June 10, 1911 – April 13, 1984) was an American harpsichordist and musicologist, widely known for his chronological catalog of Domenico Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas as well as for his performances and recordings.

Kirkpatrick was born in Leominster, Massachusetts in 1911 and began studying piano at a young age.

He continued his piano studies in Cambridge while studying art history at Harvard University.

1921

In the 21st century such instruments have become known as "revival" style instruments, their features including 'inauthentic' metal frames and robust, heavy construction.

These recordings show Kirkpatrick's formidable keyboard technique to full advantage, and, unusually for recordings of the time, he observes almost all of the repeats.

His performances of The Well-Tempered Clavier were recorded on both the harpsichord and the clavichord.

His later Bach recordings used a reproduction French harpsichord by Hubbard & Dowd.

As a performer and recording artist, he became best known for his harpsichord performances of the keyboard music of Bach and Scarlatti, but he also performed and recorded works by other composers, including Rameau, Couperin, Handel, Byrd, and Purcell.

He recorded on the clavichord (e.g. Bach's two- and three-part inventions, as well as both volumes of The Well-Tempered Clavier).

He recalled playing a clavichord at a house concert in Hamburg, Germany.

He performed and recorded on the fortepiano (especially works by Mozart) and also recorded several Mozart piano concertos on the modern piano.

He toured widely with the violinist Alexander Schneider and they recorded violin and harpsichord sonatas by Bach and Mozart.

Kirkpatrick also played modern music, including Quincy Porter's Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra, Darius Milhaud's Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord, the Double Concerto for Harpsichord, Piano with Two Chamber Orchestras by Elliott Carter, and the Set of Four for Harpsichord (or Piano) by Henry Cowell.

Both the Carter and Cowell pieces were inspired by Kirkpatrick and dedicated to him.

He also performed and recorded the Manuel de Falla Harpsichord Concerto and played the piano in a recording of the Stravinsky Septet.

1930

He became interested in the harpsichord at Harvard and gave his first harpsichord recital there in 1930.

In the late 1930s he began his research on Domenico Scarlatti and he published his acclaimed biography of Scarlatti in 1953.

It has been translated into German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Japanese.

He performed widely throughout the United States and Europe from the 1930s to the early 1980s, in recital and with major orchestras.

1931

After graduating in 1931, he traveled to Europe on a John Knowles Paine Fellowship.

He studied with Nadia Boulanger and harpsichord revival pioneer Wanda Landowska in Paris, with Arnold Dolmetsch in Haslemere, Heinz Tiessen in Berlin, and Günther Ramin in Leipzig.

1933

In January 1933 he made his European debut in Berlin performing Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations.

In 1933 he also performed several concerts in Italy, including a clavichord recital at the villa of Bernard Berenson.

In the summers of 1933 and 1934 he taught at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria.

1936

A Guggenheim Fellowship awarded in 1936 enabled him to study seventeenth- and eighteenth-century manuscripts and sources in Europe.

1938

In 1938 he inaugurated a festival of Baroque music at the Governor's Palace in Williamsburg, Virginia and continued as adviser and principal performer for a number of years.

In 1938, G. Schirmer, NY.

published his edition of Bach's Goldberg Variations, which includes extensive discussion of ornamentation, fingering, phrasing, tempo, dynamics, and general interpretation.

1940

In 1940 he was appointed to the music faculty of Yale University and he remained there until his retirement in 1976, the year that he became blind.

1953

He also published a critical edition of 60 sonatas by Scarlatti in 1953.

Scarlatti's sonatas are now conventionally designated by their Kirkpatrick numbers (shown as Kk. --, and more recently with a single K.), which is now considered the standard, authoritative numbering system for these works (despite at least two rival systems) (see opus number and List of solo keyboard sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti).

In addition to his biography of Scarlatti published in 1953 and his book Interpreting Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier: A Performer's Discourse of Method published posthumously by Yale University in 1984, he also wrote a memoir Early Years which was published posthumously in 1985 by Peter Lang.

1960

During the 1960s Kirkpatrick made recordings of the complete harpsichord works of Johann Sebastian Bach (Archiv).

The instruments he used for many of these recordings were ones that had recently been made by the firm of JC Neupert in Bamberg.

1964

He was invited to inaugurate the Ernest Bloch Visiting Professorship at the University of California, Berkeley in 1964 where he gave a series of lectures and performances on Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier. These lectures were later published in 1984 as Interpreting Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier: A Performer's Discourse of Method.

1976

He continued performing even after he became blind in 1976.

1977

He resumed performing in 1977 with a semi-private recital at Versailles as well as a public recital at the Frick Collection in New York.

1981

He gave one of his last recitals at the first Boston Early Music Festival in 1981.

2014

Meredith Kirkpatrick edited several books of the writings of Ralph Kirkpatrick entitled Ralph Kirkpatrick: Letters of the American Harpsichordist and Scholar (University of Rochester Press, 2014) and Reflections of an American Harpsichordist: Unpublished Memoirs, Essays, and Lectures of Ralph Kirkpatrick (University of Rochester Press, 2017).

Kirkpatrick died in Guilford, Connecticut at the age of 72.