In this short film Howard Goodall explores 18th century music, the invention of the piano and the establishment of opera as a major art form. Invented by Bartolomeu Christofori, the piano gave ...

Returning from two years abroad on a travelling, scholarship, Ralph Kirkpatrick '31, will give a recital of 18th century music on the harpsichord and clavichord of that period at 10 o'clock this ...

But today’s handful of harpsichordists point out the undeniable fact that only they can make this 18th-Century music sound the way it did in the 18th Century. When they are not giving concerts ...

Series in which broadcaster and writer Suzy Klein tells the story of the composers and musicians that helped shape the musical map of Britain in the 18th century.

One of a number of recordings made for the programme ‘Irish Music of the Eighteenth Century’. Variations on 'The Dargle' by Philip Cogan (1750-1833), are performed on piano. ‘Irish Music of ...

At the start of 2020 my plan was to write a novel set in London’s 18th-century music scene. The gaudy glamour of the Georgian era had been fixating me for years. I was fascinated by the horrific ...

In the Music Hall of the Cultural History Museum at the Rector's Palace, on Wednesday, November 6, 2024, at 12 p.m., a rare ...