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Alternatively-Sized Keyboards: Special Guest Q&A with Expert Carol Leone

Discovery homeSign up for email updatessubmit a question Last year we invited you to submit questions for Carol Leone about alternatively sized keyboards via our social media channels. We are pleased to give these newly updated answers a permanent home on our Discovery page. We...

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Für Elise: Beethoven’s Infamous Composition

Discovery homeSign up for email updatessubmit a question Ludwig van Beethoven THIS WEEK IN PIANO HISTORY, Beethoven composed his infamous bagatelle Für Elise WoO 59 on April 27, 1810. The short piece is built around a recurring theme that is unceasingly popular with pianists of...

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This Week in Piano History: Beethoven’s Viennese Debut

Discovery homeSign up for email updatessubmit a question A portrait of young Beethoven THIS WEEK IN PIANO HISTORY, we celebrate Beethoven’s debut as a pianist in Vienna on March 29, 1795. At just twenty-four years old, Beethoven’s performance marked the beginning of a lifelong musical...

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