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The first true piano was invented almost entirely by one man—Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655–1731) of Padua, who had been appointed in 1688 to the Florentine court of Grand Prince Ferdinando de’ Medici to care for its harpsichords and eventually for its entire collection of musical instruments.
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The 1720 Cristofori piano in the Metropolitan Museum in New York The 1722 Cristofori piano in the Museo Nazionale degli Strumenti Musicali in Rome The 1726 Cristofori piano in the Musikinstrumenten-Museum in Leipzig. The total number of pianos built by Cristofori is unknown. Only three survive today, all dating from the 1720s.
Jul 24, 2013 · Grand Piano by Bartolomeo Cristofori (89.4.1219) played by Cristofori Dongsok Shin at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 13, 2013."The Entertainer" by Scott Joplin, Courtesy Shout! Factory. Performance of Giga of Sonata number 6 in B flat major by Lodovico Guistini (1685-1743) by Dongsok Shin at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 13, 2013.
SONATAS BY DOMENICO SCARLATTI (1685-1757) performed on a modern replica of the 1726 piano by Bartolomeo Cristofori. 1 Sonata in C major, K. 132, Cantabile (6:40) 2Sonata in C minor, K. 129, [Allegro] (4:12) 3Sonata in F minor, K. 386, Presto (3:14) 4Sonata in F major, K. 44, Allegro (5:55) 5 Sonata in G minor, K. 43, Allegrissimo (4:12)
Identifi ers: LCCN 2016052048 | ISBN 9781107096578 Subjects: LCSH: Cristofori, Bartolomeo, 1655-1732. | Musical instrument makers – Italy – Biography. | Piano – History – 18th century. Classifi cation: LCC ML424.C67 P65 2017 | DDC 786.2/19092 [B] – dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016052048.
Dec 4, 2016 · Giustini (1685-1743) is believed to be the first composer to write a piece of music for the piano: 12 sonatas published in Florence in 1732. Photo of 1726 portrait of Bartolomeo Cristofori. Cristofori was working for the Grand Prince of Tuscany when he developed the piano.
