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Dalton Hocutt Scott Baine Art 1113 VG 01 4 October 2017 Part one: General Information Title: Lady at the Virginal with a Gentleman, The Music Lesson’ Artist: Johannes Vermeer Date: 1662-1665 Provenance: This painting was painted in London, England. It was painted for a fellow named Jacob Dissius, and around 1742 it was acquired by King George the 3rd. Location: This painting was located in the Royal Collection in London. Later it was moved to the Buckingham Palace. Media: Vermeer

A. Scott Baine ART 1113 GT01E October 4, 2017 Part I General Information Title: Lady at the Virginal with a Gentleman, ‘The Music Lesson’ Artist: Johannes Vermeer Nationality: Dutch Date Created 1662-1665 Provenance: The painting was made in Great Britain for Jacob Dissius before 1696. After that it was obtained by the low countries by Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini in 1718. After these events the painting started getting sold and bought from person to person. Joseph Smith bought it from Giovanni’s

Two types of stringed keyboard instrument were available to the household or court musician from the 16th century to the middle of the 18th: the harpsichord and its near relations, the spinet and virginal; and the clavichord. In the harpsichord family the string is plucked by a small plectrum, originally of quill. The variety of sound from these plucked instruments is achieved not primarily by finger pressure, but more subtly by phrasing and articulation. Variety of tonal color can be obtained,

Whats a piano ? What does it look like ? How does it work ? Well , I have answers to all those questions. You will be learning about the creation of the piano , What does it look like and how it was used . Now read on to answer those questions,. remember them. The first piano that started everything was created in Padua Italy 1709. In Italy a man named Bartolomeo Cristofori invented the first piano, his birth date was: 1653 and his death was: 1731 .Christofori called the first piano , pianoforte

H The Piano Prepared By: Maria Darbinian Prepared For: Professor Daniel Moser Introduction to Humanities DeVry University Online In the 1700’s the piano was invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori in Florence, Italy first introduced to the world as the "pianoforte" meaning “Soft loud”. “In the last quarter of the 18th century the piano had become the leading instrument of the western art of music that still lives on till today as an exotic instrument played by talented people in the

king and queen of Austria. For an 18th century aristocratic girl I received the typical schooling. I was taught dance, music and appearance. Because l was tutored in music, I could play the harpsichord and spinet. The harpsichord is like a piano with two or more rows of keys, and the spinet is a small harpsichord. I was a skilled dancer as a child, and was appreciated for my grace. Also l learned several languages. These languages are, German, French and Italian, the languages my family of 18 were

his works. Two major noted influences in Verdi’s life were his father (Carlos Verdi) and his patron (Antonio Barezzi). Verdi was introduced to music at a young age. He began playing the piano at age 3 and by the age of 10, his father bought him a spinet. Soon after, he would begin composing operas and continued composing into his 80’s. Verdi’s music was popularized by the people of the public because during this point of the 19th Century, opera was not viewed as favorable to those of high-standing

music. The introduction of new musical instruments produced refined, beautiful sounds. The instruments new to the Elizabethan era were the viol, an early model of the violin, the hautboy, an oboe-like instrument, and the keyboard instruments, the spinet, harpsichord, and virginal. Playing multiple instruments at one time was still in the experimental stage, but was done to make creative and unusual sounds. String and keyboard instruments were becoming very popular at this time, creating the refined

harpsichord among the English and one of Elizabeth's favorite instruments to play. The introduction of new musical instruments such as the early violin called the viol, the early oboe called the hautboy and the keyboard musical instruments called the spinet, harpsichord and the virginals provided the sounds which produced a much more refined sound than had been produced during the Medieval era. They really used the same instruments we do now. The only difference is it just looks different than it did

strike the strings to vibrate them (“Musical”). The harpsichord was the precursor to the piano. Instead of hitting the strings, the harpsichord would pluck them to make a more metallic sound. The spinet was a small upright piano that is similar to the harpsichord. Another instrument is the virginal. Like the spinet, it is also similar to the harpsichord (“Elizabethan“). Keyboards were and still are the most known class of instrument. This era gave us variations and new keyboards to use and