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Name:	Bartolomeo Cristofori
Birth Date:	May 4, 1655
Death Date:	January 27, 1731
Place of Birth:	Padua, Italy
Place of Death:	Florence, Italy
Nationality:	Italian
Gender:	Male
Occupations:	instrument maker, musician

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Biography of Bartolomeo Cristofori
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Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655-1731), a harpsichord maker for a Florentine duke, built the world's first piano. He later made several technical alterations to improve the instrument's acoustics that have remained essential components of its construction....

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Bartolomeo De Francesco Cristofori Summary
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1655-1731 Italian harpsichord maker credited with inventing the piano, which he called a "harpsichord that plays soft [piano] and loud [forte]" (c. 1709). In effect a grand piano, Cristofori's pianoforte was wing-shaped and...

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Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco (May 4, 1655 - January 27, 1731) was an Italian maker of musical instruments, generally regarded as the inventor of the piano. Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = "show";...

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Bartolomeo Cristofori

About 21 pages (6,158 words) in 4 products