What was Beethoven's favorite instrument?

The piano The piano was always Beethoven's favourite instrument. He wrote thirty-two sonatas for the instrument as a solo, and his composing for piano accompaniment in sonatas for other instruments, such as the violin and cello, is considered as masterly as in the solo works.

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Beethoven's Favourite Instrument

Peter Hill and Benjamin Frith play piano four hand music by the genius from Bonn, recommended by GERALD FENECH

'... devotedly recorded, impressively executed, rewardingly researched.'

The piano was always Beethoven's favourite instrument. He wrote thirty-two sonatas for the instrument as a solo, and his composing for piano accompaniment in sonatas for other instruments, such as the violin and cello, is considered as masterly as in the solo works. Still, few are aware that throughout his early career, and later, the great master wrote a few pieces for piano duet. Beethoven's output in this genre may be small, as indeed it is, but this takes nothing away from the quality, interest and variety of the works he did compose. Together they show Beethoven's development as his career unfolded, and even in these mostly early compositions there is already the germ of things to come. Indeed this disc groups together the whole set, and apart from the transcription of the Grosse Fuge, Op 134 (1826), the other four works were all written in the space of eleven years, starting with the Waldstein Variations of 1792 and concluding with the Three Marches of 1803, the year of the Eroica.

Listen — Beethoven: Vivace (Three Marches, Op 45)

(track 14, 0:01-0:57) © 2020 Delphian Records Ltd :

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In between Beethoven indulged in the Sonata in D of 1797 and the Ich denke dein Variations of 1799.

Listen — Beethoven: Variation VI (Six Variations on Ich denke dein)

(track 21, 0:00-0:22) © 2020 Delphian Records Ltd :

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Beethoven was extremely fastidious in everything he wrote, and he never took the trouble to put pen to paper if he was not sure there was a specific person who could perform the work. Longtime duo partners Peter Hill and Benjamin Frith would have been snapped up by the master had he still been around. Well, he is still around and affecting our lives, isn't he?

Listen — Beethoven: Grosse Fuge

(track 22, 0:03-0:55) © 2020 Delphian Records Ltd :

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The Grosse Fuge apart, which is a veritable tour-de-force of pianistic brilliance, the rest of the programme is performed with an agility and lightness of touch that almost makes the music float, a typical characteristic of all Beethoven's works up to the point when deafness started setting in circa the turn of the nineteenth century. A splendid project, coinciding with the 250th anniversary of the birth of the genius from Bonn; devotedly recorded, impressively executed, rewardingly researched.

Copyright © 21 October 2020 Gerald Fenech,

Gzira, Malta

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It’s normal to be confused about middle C’s location, especially on keyboards with fewer than 88 keys. Musical keyboards come in four standard sizes. The following illustrations point out middle C (also called “C4”) on each size. If you’re unsure about the size of your keyboard, you can simply count both its naturals and accidentals. You can also find your keyboard’s size by counting the total number of C’s: 88-key —You will count eight C’s (including the very last key on the board) —You will count eight (including the very last key on the board) 76-key —Has six C’s

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