Encyclopedia - Bartolomeo Cristofori: Encyclopedia - Bartolomeo Cristofori
Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco (May 4, 1655 - January 27, 1732) was an Italian maker of musical instruments, generally regarded as th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 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 employe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 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 lo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fortepiano: Encyclopedia Ii - Fortepiano - History
Fortepiano - Cristofori. What we now call the fortepiano was invented by the harpsichord maker Bartolomeo Cristofori in Florence around...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Piano: 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 thi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Piano: Encyclopedia - Piano
A piano is a keyboard instrument, widely used in western music for solo performance, chamber music, and accompaniment, and also as a conv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amati: Encyclopedia - Amati
Amati is the name of a family of Italian violin-makers, who flourished at Cremona from about 1550 to 1740. Andrea Amati (before 1511 – ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Piano: Encyclopedia - Piano
A piano is a keyboard instrument, widely used in western music for solo performance, chamber music, and accompaniment, and also as a conv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1731: Encyclopedia - 1731
1731 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1709: Encyclopedia - 1709
1709 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1655: Encyclopedia - 1655
1655 - Events. May 10 - English troops land on Jamaica March 25 - Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christian Huygens. M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Piano: 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 ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fortepiano: 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 abbreviatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fortepiano: 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...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Piano: 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 we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fortepiano: 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 pi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Piano: 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 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 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...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 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, a...   » Read the article