The palette of humanity
May 28, 2024 10:57:38 GMT
Post by Stella on May 28, 2024 10:57:38 GMT
So what is your favourite piece of piano music? I'm asking because I'm using the piano as an example of the palette of humanity, and an obvious example of human creativity and individual human experience from the start of the 18th century which has brought pleasure and benefit to billions of people throughout more than three centuries. If you click on the audio you will hear a predominantly piano piece titled 'Sad Clowns' by Destinazione Altrove.
EDIT: Forget Desrinazione Altrove, let's use Elton John's 'Song for Guy' as an example of piano music instead.
I could have used a legacy song such as the Beatles' 'Hey Jude', or Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody', or even Supertramp's 'Dreamer', or maybe even Nina Simone's 'My Baby Just Cares For Me'. Of course I feel I would need to mention Amy Lee from Evanescence, Elton John, Christina Aguilera and finally Meatloaf.
The piano was invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori (May 4, 1655 – January 27, 1731) of Padua, Italy. He was employed by Ferdinande Medici, the Grand Prince of Tuscany, as a keeper of instruments. Cristofori was an expert harpsichord maker, and was well acquainted with the body of knowledge on stringed keyboard instruments; this knowledge of keyboard mechanisms and actions helped him to develop the first pianos. It is not known exactly when Cristofori first built a piano, but there were three in existence by 1720. The original name for his invention was 'un cimbalo di cipresso di piano e forte' (a keyboard of cypress with soft and loud) which was shortened over the ages to pianoforte, fortepiano and eventually, piano.
But what I want you to think about or try to imagine what music was like before the invention of the piano. Also, what if the piano had never been invented? How would the absence of the piano influenced the evolution of music history?
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EDIT: Forget Desrinazione Altrove, let's use Elton John's 'Song for Guy' as an example of piano music instead.
I could have used a legacy song such as the Beatles' 'Hey Jude', or Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody', or even Supertramp's 'Dreamer', or maybe even Nina Simone's 'My Baby Just Cares For Me'. Of course I feel I would need to mention Amy Lee from Evanescence, Elton John, Christina Aguilera and finally Meatloaf.
The piano was invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori (May 4, 1655 – January 27, 1731) of Padua, Italy. He was employed by Ferdinande Medici, the Grand Prince of Tuscany, as a keeper of instruments. Cristofori was an expert harpsichord maker, and was well acquainted with the body of knowledge on stringed keyboard instruments; this knowledge of keyboard mechanisms and actions helped him to develop the first pianos. It is not known exactly when Cristofori first built a piano, but there were three in existence by 1720. The original name for his invention was 'un cimbalo di cipresso di piano e forte' (a keyboard of cypress with soft and loud) which was shortened over the ages to pianoforte, fortepiano and eventually, piano.
But what I want you to think about or try to imagine what music was like before the invention of the piano. Also, what if the piano had never been invented? How would the absence of the piano influenced the evolution of music history?
read more