MUS 142 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Bartolomeo Cristofori, Sustain Pedal, Mazurka
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Topic: chapter 38: dancing at the keyboard: chopin and romantic piano music. Lg 28 chopin: mazurka in b-flat minor, op. Lg 30 hensel: september: at the river from the year. Chapter 38: dancing at the piano: chopin and romantic piano music. Slide 1: the nineteenth-century piano: the piano is central to the western musical tradition, suited to amateurs and professionals. > taste of new mass public: staple of refined education, suitable for polyphonic and homophonic textures, variety of dynamic and resonant effects, rise of virtuoso pianists (beethoven) Slide 2: history of piano: invented by bartolomeo cristofori in 1709, three new mechanisms: > damping the sound: 19th century = new construction. > additional pitches = 88 keys at turn of 20th century. Slide 3: the short lyric piano piece: character piece. Solo piano equivalent to the song (lied) Melodious and dramatic moods within a compact form. Slide 4: frederic chopin (1810-1849) poet of the piano : born outside warsaw, poland.
