MUAR 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Jean-Philippe Rameau, Equal Temperament, Tonality
15 May 2012
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A little earlier than that is the pre-classic period (led up to the classic style). Called classical because during the 19th century, it was thought of as the. Ideal type of music by people who did not like or did not know anything about baroque music. Beethoven is the transitional figure between the classical and romantic periods. Right now we will speak about music in vienna only, ignoring france and italy. The earliest piano were called fortepiano or pianoforte: called this because on the piano, you can play loud or soft, this is different than the modern piano (19th century, the pianoforte was invented around 1700. Even though it was invented before the end of the baroque period, it was really dominant in the classical period. The soundboard (flat with the instrument) was also made of wood, and therefore very soft. They were not fortissimo, but you could get varying levels of loudness.
