Tag: Music history

The Piano in 100 Pieces

The Piano in 100 Pieces

Susan Tomes— A history of the piano in only 100 pieces—how can that be? Doesn’t the piano have one of the most extensive literatures of music written for any instrument?… READ MORE

Beethoven’s ‘Last Musical Thought’

Beethoven’s ‘Last Musical Thought’

Laura Tunbridge— In 1840, the Berlin publisher Heinrich Schlesinger published a short piano piece as the Dernière pensée musicale de Louis van Beethoven. It was not, in fact, Beethoven’s “last musical… READ MORE

The Historical Role of Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas

The Historical Role of Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas

Charles Rosen— Proust’s grandmother was a woman of extremely modest, unpretentious demeanour, who never ventured to contradict anyone’s literary judgement: But on matters of which the rules and principles had been… READ MORE

Piracy’s Impact on the Creative Class

Piracy’s Impact on the Creative Class

Scott Timberg— When you ask people why they steal music, or why they don’t care about the collapse of the record industry, the more informed ones talk about the decadence of… READ MORE

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