What could be more ordinary than a piano? Yet the piano, and the compositions created for it, brought forth a revolution in Western artistic culture. Rooted in Ancient and Medieval instruments, it sprang forth from technology of the late Renaissance and soon eclipsed the queen of keyboard instruments, the harpsichord. The piano gave a new voice to 18th-century Classicism, unleashed 19th-century Romanticism, and reinvented itself in the 20th century. It influenced art and literature of these eras and brought music abundantly into the home. This seminar will consider the piano technologically, aesthetically, and culturally, while exploring landmark compositions from its rich repertoire.
Instructor: Dr. Carol Reynolds
- Teacher: Carol Reynolds