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Offline kayordee

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Time Travel
on: September 27, 2008, 10:06:46 PM
 :o... I was thinking. What if we somehow managed to travel back in time to when a certain composer e.g chopin, beethoven lived, and we brought one of the highest quality pianos of our modern era to that time and gave it to them. How to you think it would of influenced them to be composing for our modern instruments? What if Bach had a steinway? What virtuosity and new power could liszt of conceived on our modern instruments? Say what you think they would of done and discuss.
                           
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Offline loonbohol

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Re: Time Travel
Reply #1 on: September 28, 2008, 12:39:16 AM
Predestination Paradox.

It must have already happened.

Chopin's Composition look like modern. Liszt's Composition are more ancient.
Yet Chopin came before Liszt.
I got the point.                                 
Chopins Compositions are as modern as Japanese Pop.
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Offline mad_max2024

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Re: Time Travel
Reply #2 on: September 28, 2008, 01:01:43 AM
They would burn you for witchcraft  ;D
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Offline kayordee

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Re: Time Travel
Reply #3 on: September 28, 2008, 01:20:02 AM
I suppose they would. Imagine some of the piano makers back then - "Somthing this good could not of possibly been made by anyone else but me, get the witch!!"
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Offline Bob

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Re: Time Travel
Reply #4 on: September 28, 2008, 05:49:06 PM
Some of them had different types of keyboard instruments.  Lighter touch.  If you bring back a heavy modern Steinway that might mess up their pieces written for keyboards with a lighter touch.
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Offline thierry13

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Re: Time Travel
Reply #5 on: September 30, 2008, 02:59:28 AM
Predestination Paradox.

It must have already happened.

Chopin's Composition look like modern. Liszt's Composition are more ancient.
Yet Chopin came before Liszt.
I got the point.                                 
Chopins Compositions are as modern as Japanese Pop.

Chopin looks like modern but not Liszt. Yeah right. Learn before you try to teach.

Offline lostinidlewonder

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Re: Time Travel
Reply #6 on: October 03, 2008, 03:01:22 AM
I've played on a Pleyel piano from the 19th century and it certainly is a very strong instrument. I am sure Chopin owned a Pleyel himself. https://www.chopinpleyelpiano.com/appraisal.html

 I don't think a Steinway would make much difference! Beethoven composed deaf.
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Offline mikey6

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Re: Time Travel
Reply #7 on: October 07, 2008, 01:06:01 PM
Predestination Paradox.

It must have already happened.

Chopin's Composition look like modern. Liszt's Composition are more ancient.
Yet Chopin came before Liszt.
I got the point.                                 
Chopins Compositions are as modern as Japanese Pop.
Agreed, Chopin does have some wierd ass compstitions that shock still (2nd prelude, Bbmin sonata), but check out Liszt's later pieces - Expressionism 20 years before Schoenberg!
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