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What was the original name for PIANO?

The instrument was actually first named "clavicembalo col piano e forte" (literally, a harpsichord that can play soft and loud noises). This was shortened to the now common name, "piano."

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This amazing lecture series (The unanswered Question), is actually an interdisciplinary overview about the evolution of Western European classical music from Bach through the 20th century crisis and beyond a bit.

Mr. Bernstein uses linguistics namely Chomskian Linguistics to provide a framework to illustrate how music and all the arts evolved toward greater and greater levels of ambiguity / expressivity over history until the 20th century crisis.

He manages this impressive... See More

This amazing lecture series (The unanswered Question), is actually an interdisciplinary overview about the evolution of Western European classical music from Bach through the 20th century crisis and beyond a bit.

Mr. Bernstein uses linguistics namely Chomskian Linguistics to provide a framework to illustrate how music and all the arts evolved toward greater and greater levels of ambiguity / expressivity over history until the 20th century crisis.

He manages this impressive feat of popular education, by dividing music into; Phonology (the study of sound); Syntax (the study of structure) and; Semantics (the study of meaning).

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A photo released on Mar 2, 2020 shows a picture taken on February 18, 2020 in the Israeli coastal city of Caesarea of a man playing the Piano of Siena, a 19th century instrument that disappeared for decades and was found recently in an Israeli house.

#PianoOfSiena #found #disappeared... See More

A photo released on Mar 2, 2020 shows a picture taken on February 18, 2020 in the Israeli coastal city of Caesarea of a man playing the Piano of Siena, a 19th century instrument that disappeared for decades and was found recently in an Israeli house.

#PianoOfSiena #found #disappeared #antique #ancient #history