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BERNARD
BRAUCHLI A HISTORICAL SQUARE PIANO |
In 1782 W. A. Mozart wrote to his father:
The Baroness Waldstätten is leaving
here and would like to have a good, small pianoforte. As I have forgotten the
name of the pianoforte maker at Zweybrücken, I should like to ask you to order
one from him. It must, however, be ready within a month, or six weeks at the
latest, and the price should be the same as that of the Archbishop’s
[Colloredo].
The Archbishop’s piano spoken of in this letter is
housed today in the Carolinum Augusteum Museum in Salzburg and is signed
“Christian Baumann”. The instrument which Bernard Brauchli plays is identical
and is a rare example of the first steps in the evolution from the clavichord
to the hammered piano. Mozart owned, performed and composed on clavichords
while simultaneously taking part in the advent and rise of the hammered piano.
Hearing Mozart’s music performed on either of these instruments gives yet
another perspective of his genius and allows us to come just a step closer to
his time.
SAMPLE PROGRAMS
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Early Works for the Piano
Works by C. P. E. Bach, D. Cimarosa, B. Galuppi, J.
Haydn, W. A. Mozart
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W. A. Mozart and His
Contemporaries
Works by C. P. E. Bach, J. Haydn, Fr. Seydelmann, W.
A. Mozart
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The Intimacy of W. A. Mozart
Works by W. A. Mozart
Combined
with the clavichord:
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From the Clavichord to the
Fortepiano
Works by H. Aston, G. Frescobaldi, J. S. Bach, C. P.
E. Bach, W. A. Mozart, J. Haydn
