Conclusion
This research sought to find out how to apply the prolonged touch in a historically authentic way to piano music from the Classical and early Romantic eras. To do this, the prolonged touch was defined as holding broken chord tones past their notated length. Other names for this type of technique were also found. Next the primary ways of notating the prolonged touch were shown based on information found within treatises and pedagogical material. Standard notation practice included the French style, the slur, and the modified French style. The uses of this technique were defined as to enrich harmony, to create a musical line, and to create technical certainty. Last, the information was applied to Mozart’s Sonata in F major, K. 332 in order to create an artistic interpretation using the prolonged touch in a historically authentic way.