Cristofori, B.

Japanese: Cristofori,B.(英語表記)CristoforiB
Cristofori, B.

...However, it was difficult to change the dynamics of the sound by striking the keys. So in the early 18th century, the Italian keyboard instrument maker Cristofori B. Cristofori (1655-1731) invented the harpsichord, which could produce both piano (soft) and forte (loud) sounds, and in Germany Silbermann also prototyped a similar instrument, resulting in the creation of the piano, which struck the strings with a hammer. This change responded to the demands of the times, when music required subtle changes in dynamics and tone, and was a parallel phenomenon to the transition from recorders to horizontal flutes in wind instruments. ...

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…しかしその反面,打鍵によって強弱の変化を与えることが困難であった。そこで18世紀の初頭,イタリアの鍵盤楽器製作者クリストフォリB.Cristofori(1655‐1731)が〈ピアノ(弱音)とフォルテ(強音)の出せるチェンバロ〉を考案し,ドイツでもジルバーマンが同様の楽器を試作して,ハンマーによって弦を打つピアノが誕生した。この変化は,音楽に強弱や音色の微妙な変化を求めるようになった時代の要求にこたえたもので,管楽器におけるリコーダーから横型フルートへの移行と並行する現象である。…

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