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January 27, 1731. (1731-01-27) (aged 75) Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Occupation (s) Inventor, instrument maker. Known for. Inventor of the piano. Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco ( Italian pronunciation: [bartoloˈmɛːo kriˈstɔːfori di franˈtʃesko]; May 4, 1655 – January 27, 1731) was an Italian maker of musical instruments ...
- Inventor, instrument maker
- Inventor of the piano
Three pianos by Cristofori survive, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1720; 89.4.1219); at the Museo Strumenti Musicali in Rome (1722); and at the Musikinstrumenten-Museum of Leipzig University (1726). The Metropolitan’s Cristofori, the oldest surviving piano, is in a plain wing-shaped case, outwardly resembling a harpsichord.
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Stewart S. Pollens in Cristofori and Erard: Le pianoforte en France. Chapter., Paris, 2009, vol. no. 11, p.76. Stewart S. Pollens in A Proposal for the Conservation of the Rediscovered 1690 Cristofori Spinetta Ovale and a Few Remarks: in Restauro e conservazione degli strumenti musicali antichi: la spinetta ovale di Bartolomeo Cristofori ...
Bartolomeo Cristofori (born May 4, 1655, Padua, Republic of Venice [Italy]—died January 27, 1732, Florence) was an Italian harpsichord maker generally credited with the invention of the piano, called in his time gravicembalo col piano e forte, or “harpsichord that plays soft and loud.”. The name refers to the piano’s ability to change ...
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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.
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci [b] (15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. [3] While his fame initially rested on his achievements as a painter, he has also become known for his notebooks, in which he made ...
Bartolomeo Cristofori. Ritratto di Bartolomeo Cristofori del 1726. Bartolomeo Cristofori ( Padova, 4 maggio 1655 – Firenze, 27 gennaio 1732 [1] [2]) è stato un cembalaro, organaro e liutaio italiano . Fu uno dei più famosi costruttori di clavicembali del suo tempo. È stato l'inventore del fortepiano, principale precursore del pianoforte .
