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Miss Mary Phillips Webster of Radcliffe College will give a concert-lecture on "The Evolution of the Pianoforte," this evening at 8 o'clock in the Fogg Lecture Room. Miss Webster will play compositions of the last four centuries on the clavichord, spinet, harpsichord and early and modern pianofortes. The receipts from the lecture are to be used for the benefit of the Radcliffe Musical Scholarship Fund...
...Radcliffe Musical Scholarship Fund, Miss Mary Phillips Webster of Radcliffe College, will give a concert-lecture on "The Evolution of the Pianoforte," on Tuesday evening, February 23, at 8 o'clock, in the Fogg Lecture Room. Compositions of the last four centuries will be played on the clavichord, spinet harpsichord, and early and modern pianofortes...
...Pianaforte," and is given by Mr. Krehbiel, Musical Editor of the New York Tribune, and illustrated by instruments owned by Mr. Steinert. The development of which the pianoforte is the result, will be followed through from its beginning. A program of classical music will be rendered on the clavichord, harpichord, and other old instruments, which will be played by Mr. Arthur Friedheim. The lecture has been given at Yale, and is given here largely through the influence of Prof. J. K. Paine. Mr. Steinert's instruments, among which are some very rare and valuable ones, are to be taken...
...varied and highly interesting programme selected from the two masters, which was rendered by Miss Eames, soprano; Miss Edmunds, contralto, Mr. Forchheimmer, '87, 'cello, and Prof. Paine himself. The selections included airs and a duet from operas by Handel, a Prelude and Fugue from Bach's Well Tempered clavichord; movements for piano and 'cello, and for 'cello solo from Sonatas by Bach, and his famous air from soprano and 'cello obligate. "My Heart Ever Faithful," from the Christmas Oratorio, which, particularly, was exquisitely rendered by Miss Eames and Mr. Forchheimer...
...first opposed to it; but the improvement of the violin and other stringed instruments by the great Italian makers naturally developed a school of players and writers. The organ was the first musical instrument to attain development, and in the 17th century was used in the church. The harpsichord, clavichord, etc., a variety of instruments like the piano, were in common use at this time. A very interesting feature of the lecture was the performance of a piece by Conperin, on a veritable old spinet,- a small box-like affair, with scarcely enough tone to be heard; on the whole...