MUHST

508

The Early Piano and its Music,

17001825

THIS SEMINAR IS NOT JUST FOR PIANISTS!
Singers, String Players, and Others whose Instruments date back
to this period are WARMLY WELCOME too!

Journey back to the days when a piano was not a piano, was not a piano, when the intense ferment in both
musical style and instrument construction yielded a rich and vast repertory of music employing the newly
invented fortepiano.
The focus of this seminar will be on examining the special confluence of musical tastes and keyboard
technology that occurred in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The music available for study will include
works for solo piano, chamber music, piano concertos, and German and English art song. Students in the
seminar will have the opportunity to perform on a variety of early Viennese and English fortepianos as part
of their seminar reports.
Keyboard instruments available for study include replicas of a 1790s clavichord (Haydn's favorite,
Viennese concert grand pianos from 1780, 1795, 1805, and 1815, an original 1820 Broadwood square
piano, and an original 1805 Broadwood grand piano (pictured above).
The initial class meetings will be held in Music Room 212. The remaining sessions will take place amidst
Professor Bozarths collection of early pianos housed at SEKM!the Seattle Early Keyboard Museum, 8505
21st Ave NW (Crown Hill, north of Ballard). The #48 bus line will take you there directly from the UW.
MUHST 508 is a graduate seminar for music majors and qualified majors in other fields (limit: 12 students).
Seniors with a special interest in this subject may be admitted to the seminar as an independent study
project (MUHST 499). When requesting an add code (gbozarth@u.washington.edu), please tell me a little
about your musical background and your reasons for taking this seminar.

Tuesdays, 9:0011:50 a.m. 3 Credits Professor George Bozarth