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The Piano's Existance
The piano was created around the 1700's by Bartolomeo Cristofori. He had already made many excelant harsicord instruments and he knew a lot about stringed instruments. -
Mozart- great famous pianist
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 27 January 1756 - 5 December 1791 Born-Salzburg, Austria. Died-Viena, Austria
World known, Mozart was a prodedgy from a very young age. He was amazing and composed of 600 works. Though he died at a young age his name will never be forgotten. Mostly played classical music. -
Beethoven- another AWESOME pianist
Ludwig van Beethoven, 17 December 1770- 26 March 1827
Born-Bonn, Electorate of Cologne. Died-Vienna, Austrian Empire
Famous pianist had great musical influence and composed much beautiful music, some of it while he was deaf. Mainly played classical music. -
Scott Joplin was an African-American composer and pianist.
February 11 1868- April 1, 1917
Born- Linden Texas. Died- New York City, New York
Scott Joplin achieved fame for his ragtime compositions. He was a great piano teacher and descended into dementia as a result of syphilis. But he too won't be forgotten. -
Sergei Rachmaninov another great pianist
Sergei Rachmaninov 1 April 1873 – 28 March 1943
Born-Great Novgorod, Russian Empire. Died-Beverly Hills, California, U.S. He was a great composer and gave way to a personal style notable for its song-like melodicism, expressiveness and his use of rich orchestral colors -
Myra Hess a great female pianist
Myra Hess 25 February 1890 – 25 November 1965
Born- London, England. Died-London, England. She bagan playing piano at age 5. Hess began her lunchtime concerts a few weeks after the commencement of the Second World War.