MUS111H1 Lecture : Lecture Notes until March 23rd. The first post apparently didn't show anything. So sorry!
Document Summary
There is a sympathetic vibration within the instrument which gives a sense of the sound growing and flowing. Soft>>>loud: motivation behind modern piano was to give impression of growing sound and resonance, humidity was an issue for the piano modern piano is made to withstand fluctuations of temperature and humidity a little more. Friday, april 15, 2011: the piano in 18th cent. Domesticity and female accomplishment" - haydn & mozart: class - who has a piano, who can play a piano. Public sphere - nation state depends on this. Having the piano in the home was essential feature. How many homes today have a piano? either purchased, passed down etc. Excitement of my first kiss - butterflies - flutter inside you about exchanging those gestures. clip from sense and sensibility - character mariana (kate winslet - sensibility), older sister (emma thompson) is sense.
