Master Class at El Camino College, Los Angeles.
Part I 17th, 18th and Early 18th Centuries
Video 1 of 3 (Continue) [4:16 ]
• The modern piano and its predecessors • The zither • Inner mechanics of the harpsichord and the clavichord • Musical forces behind the invention of the fortepiano
• Bartolomeo Cristofori, the “gravicembalo” and the “escape action”.
Video 2 of 3 (Continuation) [3:36]
• Gottfried Silbermann’s fortepiano • Johann Sebastian, Carl Philippe Emanuel and Johann Christian Bach • Johann Andreas Stein’s “prellmechanik” action. The Viennese School • Mozart vs. Clementi • Young Beethoven and Nannette Stricher’s pianoforte.
Video 3 of 3 (Continuation) [4:58]
• Beethoven’s quest for a richer sonority • John Broadwood and the English School.
• Beethoven’s last years. His “imaginary” pianoforte • Sebastien Erard. Four giants of the Romantic Period are born.
