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Pedalling on: An autoethnographical journey of creative discovery Dunlop, Jonathan Griffiths-Hughes, Rachael Austin, Katherine My research is about exploring ways to use the sustain pedal in works by CPE Bach, JC Bach, Haydn and Mozart specifically. During their lifetimes, pedalling was considered to be a novelty on the fortepiano and was not seriously notated in the detailed style of later composers such as Beethoven and Schumann. The thesis explores ways to use the sustain pedal in keyboard works by CPE Bach, JC Bach, Haydn and Mozart, and also early Romantic Period composers like Beethoven, Schumann and Schubert. This artistic exploration is shaped and documented using an autoethnographic methodology, and the repertoire showcased in each recital is a mix of solo and chamber music. At the centre of this research is Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s treatise on keyboard playing entitled Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments from 1753. In it, Bach states that “the undamped register of the pianoforte is the most pleasing and, once the performer learns to observe the necessary precautions in the face of its reverberations, the most delightful for improvisation. The University of Waikato 2024-05-29 Thesis en https://hdl.handle.net/10289/16608 https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/bitstreams/fad3fc69-5a40-4c67-acf1-364550f4b6bd/download 973052ba302dd3bf0d23cf8b8d98d577 https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/bitstreams/a44879f3-b405-4269-998d-7a35b975afdc/download e14202ab27e47ddb00d33097327ba050 https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/bitstreams/72404a70-1785-48b2-bc7e-85618f3093a6/download ba2d750420ce7baa7953b1796a47c265 All items in Research Commons are provided for private study and research purposes and are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated.