Piano300 Listening Booths

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Celebrating Three Centuries of People and Pianos

The Listening Booths

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Listening Booth 1
Double-Manual Harpsichord, 1745
Johannes Dulken, Antwerp
J.S. Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971 1:03 min.
2,034 Kb
Hammered Dulcimer
Spanish Fandango 0:32 min.
1,015 Kb
Grand Piano, 1726
Bartolomeo Cristofori, Florence
G.B. Platti: Sonata No. 8 in C minor Op. 4
The Cristofori recording is of a modern copy of the instrument; the Cristofori was copied by David Sutherland.
1:92 min.
1,928 Kb photo of a Cristofori Grand Piano, 1726
Square Piano, 1766
Zumpe and Buntebart, London
J.C. Bach: Sonata in D Major Op. 5
The Zumpe recording is of a modern copy of the instrument; the Zumpe was copied by John Watson.
0:49 min.
1,534 Kb photo of a Zumpe Square Piano, 1766
Grand Piano, 1788
Jean-Louis Dulken, Munich
W.A. Mozart: Rondo in D Major K. 485
1:24 min.
2,631 Kb photo of a Dulken Grand Piano, 1788
Grand Piano, 1794
Broadwood and Sons, London
F.J. Haydn: Sonata in C Major Hob. XVI:50
1:20 min.
2,517 Kb photo of a Broadwood Grand Piano, 1794
Square Piano, 1850
Chickering, Boston
Stephen Foster: "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair"
1:01 min.
1,894 Kb photo of a Chickering Square Piano, 1850
Grand Piano, 1854
Erard, London
F. Liszt: Liebestraum
1:11 min.
2,234 Kb photo of a Erard Grand Piano, 1854
Grand Piano, 1865
Chickering, Boston
L.M. Gottschalk: Souvenir de la havane
0:40 min.
1,258 Kb photo of a Chickering Grand Piano, 1865
Grand Piano, 1892
Steinway & Sons, New York
Johannes Brahms: Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 39, No. 15
1:44 min.
3,228 Kb photo of a Steinway Grand Piano, 1892

Listening Booth 2
Scott Joplin Scott Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag	1:10 min. 2,174 Kb.
James P. Johnson James P. Johnson:Carolina Shout	1:04 min. 2,009 Kb.
Ignacy Jan Padrewski Chopin: Valse brilliant	1:08 min. 2,138 Kb.
Henry Cowell Henry Cowell: The Banshee	1:14 min. 2,321 Kb.
George Gershwin George Gershwin: First Prelude	1:18 min. 2,453 Kb.
Sergei Rachmaninoff Sergei Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 2 in C minor	1:10 min. 2,185 Kb.
Art Tatum Youmans-Robbin-Grey: Hallelujah	1:30 min. 2,808 Kb.
Duke Ellington Duke Ellington: Reflections in D	1:01 min. 1,894 Kb.
Mary Lou Williams Mary Lou Williams: Nichole	1:26 min. 2,680 Kb.
Jerry Lee Lewis Chuck Berry: Johnny B. Goode	0:59 min. 1,830 Kb.

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