


Beethoven’s last piano was a Conrad Graff of 1826 and was still of all-wood construction.” Ruxandra’s piano looks to be a Viennese fortepiano of about 1795 or so. It is truly a product of the Industrial Revolution. Later improvements include double excapement (Erard,1828) , one piece laminated case (Steinway,1855), and one piece felt hammer (Dolge, 1911). High tension metal harped pianos didn’t come in to being until 1826 (Babcock). All had low tension brass and iron strings and were struck with small low mass hammers. Fortepiano Performance of Fur EliseĪs mentioned on the Youtube comments “One has to remember that Beethoven lived in the era of wooden harped pianos. Legendary pianist Lang Lang joins WQXR Creative Director Clemency Burton-Hill for another installment of “Classical Up-Close” in The Greene Space at WNYC & WQXR to perform works from him his new album “Piano Book”, his first studio album in three years.Via the WQXR’s Youtube. Erste Seite aus der Erstausgabe von Beethovens Für Elise in Ludwig Nohl: Neue Briefe Beethovens. The first edition of the piano score look like this.

Songs: Ave Maria * Bouree in E Minor * Can Can * Canon in D * Eine Kleine Nachtmusik * Emperor Waltz * Fur Elise * Habanera * Humoresque * In the Hall of the Mountain King * Minuet in G Major (Bach & Beethoven) * New World Symphony * Pomp and Circumstance * Symphony No. The book also includes an easy introduction to basic fingerstyle guitar. Each solo combines melody and harmony in one superb fingerpicking arrangement.
