A fortepiano [ˌfɔrteˈpjaːno], sometimes referred to as a pianoforte, is an early piano. In principle, the word "fortepiano" can designate any piano dating...

In the nineteenth century, influenced by Romantic music trends, the fortepiano adopted changes such as using the cast iron frame (which allowed much...

The expression fortepiano (sometimes called forte piano) is a sudden dynamic change used in a musical score, usually with the abbreviation fp, to designate...

Ithaca, New York Bilson is one of the foremost players and teachers of the fortepiano; this is the ancestor of the modern piano and was the instrument used...

The square piano is a type of piano that has horizontal strings arranged diagonally across the rectangular case above the hammers and with the keyboard...

years with fortepianos made by Regensburg builder Franz Jakob Späth. Later when Mozart was visiting Augsburg, he was impressed by Stein fortepianos and shared...

harpsichord, fortepiano, organ (1999–2012, 12 CDs Stradivarius) – in progress Keyboard Sonatas, Pieter-Jan Belder, harpsichord & fortepiano (2012, 36 CDs...

builders. Around the year 1700 the first fortepiano was built by Bartolomeo Cristofori. The early fortepiano uses percussion, the strings being struck...

harpsichord was replaced as the main keyboard instrument by the piano (or fortepiano). Unlike the harpsichord, which plucks strings with quills, pianos strike...

number of new instruments (e.g., the oboe, bassoon, cello, contrabass and fortepiano). Some instruments from previous eras fell into disuse, such as the shawm...

ranges, or the trait that these are extremes of. The Italian pianoforte or fortepiano is an example from a Western language; the term is short for gravicembalo...

some that are on fortepiano. Naruhiko Kawaguchi (fortepiano by Chris Maene after Conrad Graf, 1817) Viviana Sofronitsky (fortepiano by Paul McNulty after...

Graf fortepiano (1839). Natalia Rehling. Frédéric Chopin. Sonata No. 2, Preludes op. 28. Label: paladino music. Played on Conrad Graf fortepiano (after...

fortepiano and early music teaching from the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. Since 2001 she has lived in the Czech Republic, married to fortepiano builder...

and the fortepiano, were the results of attempts to remedy the lack of dynamics in harpsichord sound. Both the tangent piano and fortepiano offered a...

Clavier Collection at 50 - A Collection in Distress?". Harpsichord and Fortepiano. 5 (1). Ruxbury Publications, Ltd.: 30–33. Dolge, Alfred (1972). "Part...

specific emphasis is required, variations of subito, forzando/forzato, or fortepiano can be used. forzando/forzato signifies a forceful accent, abbreviated...

Jos Van Immerseel (fortepiano by Conrad Graf, 1826). Ernst Simon Glaser (unspecified cello, possibly modern) and Liv Glaser (fortepiano by Alois Graff, 1825)...

"Beethoven's Erard Piano: Its Influence on His Compositions and on Viennese Fortepiano Building". Early Music. 30 (4). Oxford: Oxford University Press: 522–538...

Berlin). Frederick is depicted playing the flute in his music room at Sanssouci as C. P. E. Bach accompanies him on a fortepiano by Gottfried Silbermann....

studied with Alexei Lubimov (piano), Olga Martynova (harpsichord and fortepiano), and Alexei Shmitov (organ) and graduated in 2010. In 2011 she began...

the piano was only somewhat more robust than in Cristofori's time; see fortepiano. It was during the period from about 1790 to 1870 that most of the important...

be almost voicelike and singable. New genres were developed, and the fortepiano, the forerunner to the modern piano, replaced the Baroque era harpsichord...

recovered health of Ophelia), K.6 477a, is a solo cantata for soprano and fortepiano composed in 1785 by Antonio Salieri and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and a...

theme. Bach obliged, playing a three-part fugue on one of Frederick's fortepianos by Gottfried Silbermann, which was a new type of instrument at the time...

loud, sforzando or sforzato (sfz) for a surging or "pushed" attack, or fortepiano (fp) for a loud attack with a sudden decrease to a soft level. The full...

his violin sonatas for two instruments, with Her Majesty playing the fortepiano. She also supported some scientific endeavours, encouraging and witnessing...

Chris Maene Fortepiano Anton Walter (1795); The Min-On Music Museum in Tokyo Fortepiano by Anton Walter (1792) replica by Paul McNulty Fortepiano by Anton...

harpsichord also specialise in the fortepiano and other period instruments. Although some keyboardist renowned for their fortepiano playing are Ronald Brautigam...

while he has built many fortepianos in 18th-century style, he has also progressively sought to span the gap between the fortepiano (the cradle of modern...