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| | |  Bartolomeo Cristofori: Encyclopedia II - Bartolomeo Cristofori - Life
The available source materials on Cristofori's life include his birth and death records, two wills, the bills he submitted to his employers, and a single interview done by Scipione Maffei. From the latter, we have both Maffei's notes and the published journal article.
Cristofori was born in Padua in the Republic of Venice. Nothing is known of his early life. A tale is told that he served as an apprentice to the great violin maker Nicolò Amati, based on the appearance in a 1680 census record of a "Christofaro Bartolomei" living in Ama ...
See also:Bartolomeo Cristofori, Bartolomeo Cristofori - Life, Bartolomeo Cristofori - The first appearance of the piano, Bartolomeo Cristofori - Later life, Bartolomeo Cristofori - Cristofori's pianos, Bartolomeo Cristofori - Design, Bartolomeo Cristofori - Tonal quality, Bartolomeo Cristofori - The initial reception of the piano, Bartolomeo Cristofori - Surviving instruments, Bartolomeo Cristofori - Assessments of Cristofori Read more here: » Bartolomeo Cristofori: Encyclopedia II - Bartolomeo Cristofori - Life |
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| | | | Bartolomeo Cristofori: Encyclopedia II - Bartolomeo Cristofori - Cristofori's pianos The total number of pianos built by Cristofori is unknown. Only three survive today, all dating from the 1720's.
A 1720 instrument is located in the Metropolitan Museum in New York. The original compass was FF,GG,AA-c³ compass (54 notes). The case has been shortened, and the soundboard is from a 1938 restoration. [1]
A 1722 instrument is in the Museo Nazionale degli Strumenti Musicali in Rome. It has a range of four octaves (C-c³) and includes an "una corda" stop; see below.
A 1726 instrument is in the Musikinstrumenten-Museum of Leipzig U ...
See also:Bartolomeo Cristofori, Bartolomeo Cristofori - Life, Bartolomeo Cristofori - The first appearance of the piano, Bartolomeo Cristofori - Later life, Bartolomeo Cristofori - Cristofori's pianos, Bartolomeo Cristofori - Design, Bartolomeo Cristofori - Tonal quality, Bartolomeo Cristofori - The initial reception of the piano, Bartolomeo Cristofori - Surviving instruments, Bartolomeo Cristofori - Assessments of Cristofori Read more here: » Bartolomeo Cristofori: Encyclopedia II - Bartolomeo Cristofori - Cristofori's pianos |
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| | | | Bartolomeo Cristofori: Encyclopedia II - Fortepiano - History
Fortepiano - Cristofori.
What we now call the fortepiano was invented by the harpsichord maker Bartolomeo Cristofori in Florence around the turn of the 18th century. The first reliable record of a fortepiano appears in the inventory of the Medici family (who were Cristofori's patrons), dated 1700. Cristofori continued to develop the instrument until the 1720's, the time from which the surviv ...
See also:Fortepiano, Fortepiano - Construction, Fortepiano - The sound of the fortepiano, Fortepiano - History, Fortepiano - Cristofori, Fortepiano - The early spread of the fortepiano, Fortepiano - Silbermann, Fortepiano - The Viennese school, Fortepiano - The fortepiano in England, Fortepiano - Obsolescence and revival, Fortepiano - Opinions about the fortepiano, Fortepiano - Etymology and usage, Fortepiano - Books Read more here: » Fortepiano: Encyclopedia II - Fortepiano - History |
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| | | | Bartolomeo Cristofori: Encyclopedia II - Piano - Early history Bartolomeo Cristofori of Florence, Italy, invented the first pianoforte. He called it a gravicembalo col piano e forte. When he built this instrument is not entirely clear, but an inventory made by Cristofori's employers, the Medici family, indicates the existence of an early Cristofori instrument by the year 1700. Cristofori built only about twenty pianofortes before he died in 1731; the three that survive today date from the 1720s.
Like many other inventions, the pianoforte was founded on earlier technological innovations. In partic ...
See also:Piano, Piano - Early history, Piano - Development of the modern piano, Piano - History and musical performance, Piano - The modern piano, Piano - Types, Piano - Keyboard, Piano - Pedals, Piano - Materials, Piano - Care and maintenance, Piano - Role of the piano, Piano - Related lists, Piano - Other types of pianos, Piano - Related instruments Read more here: » Piano: Encyclopedia II - Piano - Early history |
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| | | | Bartolomeo Cristofori: Encyclopedia II - Piano - The modern piano
Piano - Types.
Modern pianos come in two basic configurations and several sizes: the grand piano and the upright piano.
Grand pianos have the frame and strings placed horizontally, with the strings extending away from the keyboard. This makes the grand piano a large instrument, for which the ideal setting is a spacious room with high ceilings for proper resonance. There are several sizes of grand piano. Manufacturers and models vary, but a rough generalisation distinguishes the "concert grand", (bet ...
See also:Piano, Piano - Early history, Piano - Development of the modern piano, Piano - History and musical performance, Piano - The modern piano, Piano - Types, Piano - Keyboard, Piano - Pedals, Piano - Materials, Piano - Care and maintenance, Piano - Role of the piano, Piano - Related lists, Piano - Other types of pianos, Piano - Related instruments Read more here: » Piano: Encyclopedia II - Piano - The modern piano |
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| | | | Bartolomeo Cristofori: Encyclopedia II - Fortepiano - Etymology and usage "Fortepiano" is Italian for "loud-soft", just as the formal name for the modern piano, "pianoforte", is "soft-loud". Both are abbreviations of Cristofori's original name for his invention: gravecembalo col (or di) piano e forte, "harpsichord with soft and loud".
The term fortepiano is somewhat specialist in its connotations, and does not preclude using the more general term piano to designate the same instrument. Thus, usages like "Cristofori invented the piano" or "Mozart's piano concertos" are currently common a ...
See also:Fortepiano, Fortepiano - Construction, Fortepiano - The sound of the fortepiano, Fortepiano - History, Fortepiano - Cristofori, Fortepiano - The early spread of the fortepiano, Fortepiano - Silbermann, Fortepiano - The Viennese school, Fortepiano - The fortepiano in England, Fortepiano - Obsolescence and revival, Fortepiano - Opinions about the fortepiano, Fortepiano - Etymology and usage, Fortepiano - Books Read more here: » Fortepiano: Encyclopedia II - Fortepiano - Etymology and usage |
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| | | | Bartolomeo Cristofori: Encyclopedia II - Fortepiano - The sound of the fortepiano Like the modern piano, the fortepiano can vary the sound volume of each note, depending on the player's touch. The tone of the fortepiano is quite different from that of the modern piano, being softer with less sustain. Sforzando accents tend to stand out more than on the modern piano, as they differ from softer notes in timbre as well as volume, and decay rapidly.
Fortepianos also tend to have quite different tone quality in their different registers--noble and slightly buzzing in the bass, "tinkling" in the high treble, and more rounded (closest to the modern piano) in the mid range. In comparison, modern pi ...
See also:Fortepiano, Fortepiano - Construction, Fortepiano - The sound of the fortepiano, Fortepiano - History, Fortepiano - Cristofori, Fortepiano - The early spread of the fortepiano, Fortepiano - Silbermann, Fortepiano - The Viennese school, Fortepiano - The fortepiano in England, Fortepiano - Obsolescence and revival, Fortepiano - Opinions about the fortepiano, Fortepiano - Etymology and usage, Fortepiano - Books Read more here: » Fortepiano: Encyclopedia II - Fortepiano - The sound of the fortepiano |
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| | | | Bartolomeo Cristofori: Encyclopedia II - Piano - Role of the piano The piano is a crucial instrument in Western classical music, jazz, film, television and electronic game music, and most other complex western musical genres. A large number of composers being proficient pianists, the piano is often used as a tool for composition.
Pianos were, and are, extremely popular instruments for private household ownership, especially among the middle- and upper-classes. Hence pianos have gained a place in the popular consciousness, and are sometimes referred to by nicknames, including: "the ivories", "the joanna", "the eighty-eight", and "the black(s) and white(s)." Playing the piano is somet ...
See also:Piano, Piano - Early history, Piano - Development of the modern piano, Piano - History and musical performance, Piano - The modern piano, Piano - Types, Piano - Keyboard, Piano - Pedals, Piano - Materials, Piano - Care and maintenance, Piano - Role of the piano, Piano - Related lists, Piano - Other types of pianos, Piano - Related instruments Read more here: » Piano: Encyclopedia II - Piano - Role of the piano |
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| | | | Bartolomeo Cristofori: Encyclopedia II - Fortepiano - Construction The fortepiano has leather-covered hammers and thin, harpsichord-like strings. It has a much lighter case construction than the modern piano, and except for 19th century examples (already evolving towards the modern piano), it has no metal frame or bracing. The action and hammers are lighter, giving rise to a much lighter touch, which in good fortepianos is also very responsive.
The range of the fortepiano was about four octaves at the time of its invention and gradually increased. Mozart (1756-1791) wrote his piano music for instrume ...
See also:Fortepiano, Fortepiano - Construction, Fortepiano - The sound of the fortepiano, Fortepiano - History, Fortepiano - Cristofori, Fortepiano - The early spread of the fortepiano, Fortepiano - Silbermann, Fortepiano - The Viennese school, Fortepiano - The fortepiano in England, Fortepiano - Obsolescence and revival, Fortepiano - Opinions about the fortepiano, Fortepiano - Etymology and usage, Fortepiano - Books Read more here: » Fortepiano: Encyclopedia II - Fortepiano - Construction |
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| | | | Bartolomeo Cristofori: Encyclopedia II - Piano - Development of the modern piano In the lengthy period lasting from about 1790 to 1890, the Mozart-era piano underwent tremendous changes which led to the modern form of the instrument. This evolution was in response to a consistent preference by composers and pianists for a more powerful, sustained piano sound. It was also a response to the ongoing Industrial Revolution, which made available technological resources like high-quality steel for strings (see piano wire) ...
See also:Piano, Piano - Early history, Piano - Development of the modern piano, Piano - History and musical performance, Piano - The modern piano, Piano - Types, Piano - Keyboard, Piano - Pedals, Piano - Materials, Piano - Care and maintenance, Piano - Role of the piano, Piano - Related lists, Piano - Other types of pianos, Piano - Related instruments Read more here: » Piano: Encyclopedia II - Piano - Development of the modern piano |
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| | | | Bartolomeo Cristofori: Encyclopedia II - Bartolomeo Cristofori - Surviving instruments Ten instruments that survive today are attributed to Cristofori:
An early (17th century) harpsichord, with a case made of ebony
Two oval spinets, from 1690 and 1693.
A harpsichord dated 1722, in the Musikinstrumenten-Museum of Leipzig University.
Another harpsichord from the 18th century
Three pianos (see above)
<Two instruments not yet identified by the staff of this encyclopedia>
It is not inconceivable that more instruments could be ...
See also:Bartolomeo Cristofori, Bartolomeo Cristofori - Life, Bartolomeo Cristofori - The first appearance of the piano, Bartolomeo Cristofori - Later life, Bartolomeo Cristofori - Cristofori's pianos, Bartolomeo Cristofori - Design, Bartolomeo Cristofori - Tonal quality, Bartolomeo Cristofori - The initial reception of the piano, Bartolomeo Cristofori - Surviving instruments, Bartolomeo Cristofori - Assessments of Cristofori Read more here: » Bartolomeo Cristofori: Encyclopedia II - Bartolomeo Cristofori - Surviving instruments |
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| | | | Bartolomeo Cristofori: Encyclopedia II - Bartolomeo Cristofori - The initial reception of the piano Our knowledge of how Cristofori's invention was initially received comes in part from the article published in 1711 by Scipione Maffei, an influential literary figure, in the Giornale de'letterati d'Italia of Venice. Maffei said that "some professionals have not given this invention all the applause it merits," and goes on to say that its sound was felt to be too "soft" and "dull"--Cristofori was unable to make his instrument as loud as the competing harpsichord. Yet Maffei himself was an enthusiast for the piano, and the instrument did gra ...
See also:Bartolomeo Cristofori, Bartolomeo Cristofori - Life, Bartolomeo Cristofori - The first appearance of the piano, Bartolomeo Cristofori - Later life, Bartolomeo Cristofori - Cristofori's pianos, Bartolomeo Cristofori - Design, Bartolomeo Cristofori - Tonal quality, Bartolomeo Cristofori - The initial reception of the piano, Bartolomeo Cristofori - Surviving instruments, Bartolomeo Cristofori - Assessments of Cristofori Read more here: » Bartolomeo Cristofori: Encyclopedia II - Bartolomeo Cristofori - The initial reception of the piano |
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