MUSI 112: Listening to Music
Lecture 18 - Piano Music of Mozart and Beethoven. This lecture addresses the history of the modern piano and its music. Undertaking a detailed discussion of the different forms of the piano from the early eighteenth through twentieth centuries, Professor Wright also shows how the instrument evolved through a variety of photographs and paintings. He further supplements the lecture by playing recordings that were made on the pianos actually owned by such composers as Mozart and Beethoven. The lecture ends with a guest piano performance by Yale undergraduate Daniel Schlossberg, Jr. (from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 18 - Piano Music of Mozart and Beethoven |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. The History of the Piano - The Harpsichord |
| [00:02:26] | 2. Mozart's Exploration of the Pianoforte |
| [00:13:32] | 3. Beethoven's Music for His Broadwood Piano |
| [00:23:43] | 4. Increasing Range and Power - The Graf Piano, Liszt, and Wagner |
| [00:35:30] | 5. Guest Piano Performance by Daniel Schlossberg, Jr. |
| References |
| Lecture 18 - Piano Music of Mozart and Beethoven Instructor: Professor Craig Wright. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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