The piano is perhaps the most common music in all of music. ... Piano was formerly used solely for chamber music. ... In Beethoven's mind, the piano should be used for bold expression of thought. Beethoven took the piano from the chamber to the stage.3 Beethoven displayed his incredible piano skills, as well as the pianos potential for performance when he wooed the aristocracy of Vienna with a dazzling performance.4 From the depths of a small chamber, to the glory of a stage, Beethoven helped bring the piano to where it is today. ... Without being forced to hear the notes, Beethoven was ...

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Repeated notes invented by Monteverdi are adopted by Classical music from Baroque, which have a special meaning, in the early music (prior to 1600); they only appeared in onomatopoeia when the tone is divided into syllables. Many Classical symphony movements are composed over stereotypical repeated eighth notes in the basses, which results in a strong feeling of excitement and tension emanating from the accompaniment. And in Classical music today, endlessly repeated eighth or sixteenth- notes are often played just like they were simple repeated or sixteenth "notes and not in force repea...

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It was astonishing, for one, that he could simply hear music being played and than recite it onto a piano. ... Even when the Emperor told him that there was too many notes in his opera, in Mozart's mind it was perfect. ...

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