The History of the Piano

The piano has seen many sights and has been a part of countless important events in the past and present, and is said to have dominated music for the past 200 years (Welton). Throughout history, inventions come along that “take art away from princes and give it the people” (Swan 41). Not unlike the printing press, the piano made what was once intangible possible: the poorest of peasants could enjoy the same music that their beloved rulers …

…Sons, 1978. Heaton, Barrie. “A History of the Piano from 1706 to1990” http://www.uk-piano.org/history/history_1.html (26 Oct. 1996) Hollis, Helen Rice. The Piano--A Pictoral Account of It’s Ancestry and Development. New York: Hippocrene, 1975. Swan, Annalyn. Enlightenment’s Gift to the Age of Romance--How the Piano Came to Be. in The Lives of the PIANO. ed. James R. Gaines. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982. Welton, Naomi. Personal Interview. 24 November 1998. ***the citings NOT entirely accurate!!!