Development Of The Piano: A Timeline

Development Of The Piano: A Timeline

Tracing the roots of the piano to the very beginning of consciousness,
when man first became aware of sound.

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Portrait of Richard Strauss,
c. 1915. ^{[ 1 ]}

Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949) — German Composer, Conductor – Late Romantic Period

SOURCES

Library of Congress. "Portrait of Richard Strauss, c. 1915." Photograph. Original in Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C., part of the George Bain Collection, Digital ID ggbain 21003. LOC.Gov. Library of Congress, n.d. Web. 28 Oct. 2015. No Known Copyright Restrictions.

Portrait of Eugene d’Albert, 1890. ^{[ 1 ]}

Eugen d’Albert (1864 – 1932) — Scottish born German Pianist, Composer – Post-Romantic Period

His father, Charles Louis Napoléon d’Albert (1809 – 1886) was an orchestra leader, dancer and pianist and gave his son early musical training.
At a young age, he studied at National Training School for Music (now known as Royal College of Music) in London under Sir Arthur Sullivan and Ernst Pauer.
In 1881 he won the Mendelssohn Scholarship and studied in Vienna.
He then traveled to Weimar to continue his studies under Franz Liszt.
In 1907 he became director of Hochschule für Musik in Berlin, during his tenure d’Albert influenced music education in Germany.

SOURCES

Library of Congress. "Portrait of Eugene d’Albert, 1890." Photograph. Original in Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington D.C., Digital ID cph 3c13622. LOC.Gov. Library of Congress, n.d. Web. 28 Oct. 2015. No Known Copyright Restrictions.

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Portrait of Jean Sibelius, c. 1890. ^{[ 1 ]}

Jean Sibelius (1865 – 1957) — Finnish Composer – Late Romantic / Early 20th Century

SOURCES

Library of Congress. "Portrait of Jean Sibelius, c. 1890." Photograph. Original in Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Diviosn, Washington D.C., Digital ID cph 3c22946. LOC.Gov. Library of Congress, n.d. Web. 28 Oct. 2015. No Known Copyright Restrictions.

Portrait of Erik Satie
by Suzanne Valadon, 1893. ^{[ 1 ]}

Erik Satie (1866 – 1925) — French Composer – Late Romantic / Early 20th Century Period

SOURCES

Valadon, Suzanne, and uploaded by Oxxo. Portrait of Erik Satie. 1893. Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris. Commons Wikimedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., 29 June 2009. Web. 28 Oct. 2015. Public Domain.

Portrait of Ferruccio Busoni, c. 1890 - 1900. ^{[ 1 ]}

Ferruccio Busoni (1866 – 1924) — Italian born (Worked primarily in Germany) Composer, Virtuoso Pianist, Writer, Teacher, Conductor

He came from a musical family.
He taught in Russia, America and Germany.
A champion for contemporary music.
A Prolific writer, among his works is Sketch of a New Aesthetic of Music (Entwurf einer neuen Ästhetik) (1907) about musical freedom from conventional music; considered a “seminal work amongst music theorists” ^{[ 2 ]}.
Some of his pupils: Edgard Varese, Kurt Weill, Stephen Wolpe.

SOURCES

Library of Congress. "Portrait of Ferruccio Busoni, c. 1890 - 1900." Photograph. Original in Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington D.C., part of the George Grantham Bain Collection, Digital ID cph 3c26592. LOC.Gov. Library of Congress, n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2016. No Known Copyright Restrictions.

Jewell, Bobby, and Wayne Daly. "Ferruccio Busoni: Sketch of a New Aesthetic of Music." AA Conversations. AA Conversations, 5 Feb. 2013. Web. 17 Sept. 2015.

Additional References:

"Busoni." Rouge’s Foam. Rouge’s Foam, 17 Sept. 2012. Web. 17 Sept. 2015.
Beaumont, Antony. "Busoni, Ferruccio (Dante Michelangelo Ben venuto)." Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press, 2007 – 2015. Web. 17 Sept. 2015.

Portrait of Amy Beach. ^{[ 1 ]}

Amy Beach (1867 – 1944) — American Composer, Pianist – Late Romantic / 20th Century Period

SOURCES

Library of Congress. "Portrait of Amy Marcy Cheney Beach." Photograph. Original in Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington D.C., part of the George Grantham Bain Collection, Digital ID cph 3b04622. LOC.Gov. Library of Congress, n.d. Web. 28 Oct. 2015. No Known Copyright Restrictions.

Portrait of Scott Joplin,
c. 1903 - 1907. ^{[ 1 ]}

Scott Joplin (c. 1867/1868 – 1917) — American Composer, Ragtime Pianist (“King of Ragtime Writers”) – Late Romantic / Early 20th Century Period

SOURCES

Library of Congress. "Portrait of Scott Joplin." Photograph From, American Musician, 17 June 1907. Library of Congress, Musician Division: Performing Arts Reading Room. LOC.Gov. Library of Congress, n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2016. No Known Copyright Restrictions.

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Perzina piano company, established by brothers Julius and Albert Perzina in Schwerin, Germany.

Portrait of Sergei Rachmaninoff,
c. 1901. ^{[ 1 ]}

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 – 1943) — Russian Composer, Pianist, Conductor – Late Romantic Period

SOURCES

竹麦魚(Searobin). "Portrait of Sergei Rachmaninov, c. 1901." Photograph. Commons Wikimedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., 28 Feb. 2005. Web. 16 Oct. 2015. Public Domain.

First prize for merit (for tone, design, and careful detail of construction) won by George Steck at the Vienna Exposition.

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