The Development of Keyboard Instruments

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

David Randolph goes off the beaten path and takes a listen to some piano music and considers how some composers have used and misused the keyboard. Among many thing, he also reflects on the nature of the piano and the kind of music that was written for it and why.

Works include:
Bach: Concerto in F Minor
Scarlatti: Sonatas
Dvorak: Trio, Opus 65
Bartok: The Chase
Cowell: Aeolian Harp



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