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Bartolomeo Cristofori
Italian maker of musical instruments (1655 – 1731)
"Cristofori" redirects here. For the surname, see Cristofori (surname). For other uses, see Cristofori (disambiguation).
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Photo of a 1726 portrait of Bartolomeo Cristofori. The original was lost in the Second World War. | |
Born | Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco (1655-05-04)May 4, 1655 Padua, Republic of Venice |
Died | January 27, 1731(1731-01-27) (aged 75) Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany |
Occupation(s) | Inventor, instrument maker |
Known for | Inventor of the piano |
Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco (Italian pronunciation:[bartoloˈmɛːokriˈstɔːforidifranˈtʃesko]; May 4, 1655 – January 27, 1731) was an Italian maker of musical instruments famous for inventing the piano.
Life
[edit]The available source materials on Cristofori's life include his birth and death records, two wills, the bills he submitted to his employers, and a single interview carried out by Scipione Maffei. From the latter, both Maffei's notes and the published journal article are preserved.
Cristofori was born in Padua in the Republic of Venice. Nothing is known of his early life. A tale is told that he served as an apprentice to the great violin maker Nicol
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The Music put a stop to Life: Bartolomeo Cristofori & The Conception of rendering Piano
What I in reality want enrol know beget Cristofori, yet, wasn't answered in teeming of those notes: frank he actually have a cat? There's a exact
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Harpsichord Builders: Bartolomeo Cristofori, History of the Harpsichord, Americus Backers, Stewart Pollens, Ruckers, Cathal Gannon, Gottfried Silberma
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Bartolomeo Cristofori, History of the harpsichord, Americus Backers, Stewart Pollens, Ruckers, Cathal Gannon, Gottfried Silbermann, Wolfgang Zuckermann, Frank Hubbard, David Jacques Way, Pascal Taskin, Finchcocks, Alastair McAllister, Benoist Stehlin, Kirkman, Burkat Shudi, William Dowd, Carey Beebe, Jakob Adlung, Robert Goble, Blanchet, Goermans, John Broadwood, Dulcken, Hieronymus Albrecht Hass, David Rubio, Joaquim Jose Antunes, Couchet, Johann Adolph Hass, Henri Hemsch, Christian Vater, Willem Kroesbergen, Michael Mietke, Christian Zell, John Challis, Tony Chinnery, John Harris. Excerpt: Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco (May 4, 1655 - January 27, 1731) was an Italian maker of musical instruments, generally regarded as the inventor of the piano. The available source materials on Cristofori's life include his birth and death records, two wills, the bills he submitted to his employers, and a single interview done by Scipione Maffei. From the latter, we have both Maffei's not