fortepiano
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thumb|right|250px|Fortepiano by Paul McNulty (piano maker)|Paul McNulty after Walter & Sohn, 1805
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- musical instrument
- Subclass of
- piano
- Followed by
- piano
- Follows
- clavichord
- Image
- FortepianoJAStein.JPG
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- location of creation
- Florence
- Commons category
- Fortepiano
- discoverer or inventor
- Bartolomeo Cristofori
- inception
- 1709-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- Construction
- Sound
- History
- Cristofori
- Silbermann fortepianos
- Viennese school of builders
- Stein
- Other builders
- English builders
- Zumpe/Shudi
- Backers/Broadwood/Stodart
- Broadwood
- Obsolescence and revival
- Modern fortepiano specialists
- Opinions
- Etymology and usage
- References
- Sources
- External links
thumb|right|250px|Fortepiano by Paul McNulty (piano maker)|Paul McNulty after Walter & Sohn, 1805
A fortepiano is an early piano. In principle, the word "fortepiano" can designate any piano dating from the invention of the instrument by Bartolomeo Cristofori in 1700 up to the early 19th century. Most typically, however, it is used to refer to the mid-18th to early-19th century instruments, for which composers of the Classical era such as Haydn and Mozart wrote their piano music. Sometimes, the works of Beethoven and Schubert are likewise considered as fortepiano music.
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