Martha Goldstein (born Martha Svendsen; June 10, 1919 – February 14, 2014) was an American harpsichordist and

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, who gave concerts in the United States, North Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. She performed works by

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, Frédéric Chopin, Georg Philipp Telemann,

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Ferruccio Busoni Ferruccio Busoni (1 April 1866 – 27 July 1924) was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor, editor, writer, and teacher. His international career and reputation led him to work closely with many of the leading musicians, artists and literary ...

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard wo ...

, and others.

Biography

Born in

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, Goldstein was trained at the Peabody Conservatory and the

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and studied with Audrey Plitt, Eliza Woods, James Friskin and

Mieczysław Munz Mieczysław Munz (October 31, 1900, Kraków – August 25, 1976) was a Polish-American pianist. Munz trained in Vienna and Berlin, with Ferruccio Busoni. He was a teacher of Emanuel Ax, Walter Hautzig, David Oei, Ann Schein, Virginia Rei ...

. She taught at the Peabody Conservatory for 20 years and at the Cornish College of the Arts. She also performed as a guest artist with the Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet, wind quintet-in-residence at the University of Washington School of Music since 1968. Many of Goldstein's recordings were first released on LP by Pandora Records, which was founded in 1973 and active for more than ten years. The company went out of business with the advent of the CD. The entire archive of recordings is now available for download without restriction and can be found at many download sites, including Wikipedia (see Commons:Martha Goldstein). Often her recordings reflect historically informed performance, employing original period instruments and tunings.PAN 101 is mentioned by the '' American Record Guide'' as a pioneering example of the use of historically informed tunings, in a review of ''Early Italian Harpsichord Music (1520–1670)''; Edward Parmentier, harpsichord; Wildboar WLBR 8001 (Harmonia Mundi): "Still in print is a Martha Goldstein recording of German and Italian music from Pandora (PAN 101). Goldstein uses a modern instrument in various tempered tunings, anticipating Parmentier's performance in his previous Wildboar release of Bach's Italian Concerto in Werckmeister temperament." ''American Record Guide'', January/February 1986, p. 42. She died in

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on February 14, 2014. She had two sons, one of whom predeceased her, and was also survived by her husband of more than fifty years, Allen A. Goldstein, four stepchildren, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Commercial recordings

The Italian Harpsichord
Pandora Records, cat. no. PAN 101.
Bach: Flute sonatas. Complete and Authentic Works from the Neue Bach Gesellschaft.
Alex Murray (Baroque flute); Martha Goldstein (harpsichord). Pandora Records (1974) cat. no. PAN 104. * Chopin: Études, Op. 10; Études, Op. 25. Pandora Records, cat. no. PAN 107. *Bach: Flute Sonatas. Incomplete and Controversial Sonatas. Alex Murray (Baroque flute); Martha Goldstein (harpsichord). Pandora Records, cat. no. PAN 105.
Bach / Martha Goldstein - The Sound of the Keyboard Lute
Pandora Records, cat. no. PAN 111.

Pandora Records (1987), cat. no. PAN 119. *Bach: Music for Solo Traverso, Volume I. Alex Murray (Baroque flute); Martha Goldstein (harpsichord). Pandora Records, cat. no. PC 176.Reviewed by '' Stereo Review'', April 1976, pp. 110–111.

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Biography

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