Time Travel

[kayordee]

 ... 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.
                           
                               Aussie

[loonbohol]

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.

[mad_max2024]

They would burn you for witchcraft 

[kayordee]

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!!"

[Bob]

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.

[thierry13]

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.

[lostinidlewonder]

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.

[mikey6]

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!