MUS 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Power Machines, Franz Liszt, Social Change
20 Mar 2019
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Chamber music (string quartet); sunday afternoon concerts (this was their form of entertainment; they didn"t have the internet at the time) Piano production: wider, and cheaper instruments were made (invention of the piano, more octaves were made, iron frame (iron mining) helped to produce the modern day piano, mining helped improve the piano"s composition. Therefore, it helped change its sound: addition of iron frame (stronger, over stringing (2 sets of strings overlapping, increase in sound and volume (dynamics, introduction of the piano virtuoso (ex. Brass instruments: made out of metal and not out of wood, valves were able to play correct pitch and fast nger work. Concerts and people: venues are getting bigger, more people are attending, people are becoming more wealthy, orchestras increased in size (more than 100 players) Mining of metals: concert halls build, increase in instrument production, improvement in instrument construction (ex. Valves on brass instruments: composers wrote more complex pieces for these instruments, (wagner essay)
