pianoforten.²

Brit.

/pɪˌanəʊˈfɔːti/,

/pɪˌanəʊˈfɔːteɪ/, U.S.

/piˈænəˌfɔrdi/

Forms:

α. 1700s– pianoforte.

β. regional and nonstandard 1700s– pianny-forty, 1800s pianner forty, 1800s piany forte, 1800s piany forty, 1800s– pianny-fort.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Italian. Etymons: French pianoforte; Italian pianoforte.

Etymology: < French pianoforte or its etymon Italian pianoforte (although both of these are apparently first attested later: both 1771; compare French †piano et forte (1766), piano piano n.²) shortened < †piano e forte (in gravecembalo col piano e forte harpsichord with soft and loud (1711); < gravecembalo (see gravicembalo n.) + col with the + piano piano adv. + e and + forte forte adj.). The instrument was so called on account of the gradation of tone which it enables the performer to produce, as contrasted with the unvarying tone of the ordinary harpsichord; compare earlier pianoforte n.¹ Compare later fortepiano n., piano n.²With the β. forms compare the regional and nonstandard forms at piano n.² N.E.D.(1906) gives the pronunciation as (piˌæ:noˌfǭ·ɹte, (piˌæ:noˌfǭ·ɹt) /pɪˌænəʊˈfɔːteɪ/ /pɪˌænəʊˈfɔːt/; the latter, however, seems already to have been rare by this time.

= piano n.² 1a. Now formal and somewhat archaic.Sometimes with defining word indicating size, shape, etc., as grand, square, upright, cottage pianoforte, etc.: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [noun] > pianoforte

pf1724

pianoforte1741

fortepiano1769

piano1772

joanna1846

music box1850

box1902

1741 tr. J. J. Rutledge Mem. Julia de M— I. 78 ‘Do you play, my dear?’—‘On the guitar, Madam’, I replied, ‘and sometimes on the piano-forte.’

1767 L. Sterne Let. Mar. in Lett. 1765–8 (2009) 547 Your piano-forte must be tun'd from the brass middle string of your guitar, which is C.

1799 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 90 135 Take one of the lowest strings of a square piano forte.

1823 Harmonicon June 83/1 Clementi has arranged for the piano-forte, with ad libitum accompaniments, many of the best symphonies of Haydn and Mozart.

1849 Amer. Whig Rev. Jan. 46/2 These masterpieces, symphonies with an obligato part for the pianoforte.

1873 T. Hardy Pair of Blue Eyes iii Elfride sat down to the pianoforte and began, ‘'Twas on the evening of a winter's day’.

1911 H. E. Krehbiel Pianoforte & its Music iii. 47 On some pianofortes there is a third pedal between the other two, called the Tone Sustaining Pedal.

1944 D. Tovey Chamber Music iv. 75 Mozart, whose own part-playing on the pianoforte left nothing to be desired.

2002 A. N. Wilson Victorians xii. 143 Ploquet's famous stuffed rabbits..playing cards, holding tea parties and playing the pianoforte were among the great losses when the Crystal Palace was destroyed by fire.

Compounds

C1.

a. General attributive.

pianoforte concerto n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > music on specific instrument > [noun] > keyboard music > on piano

pianoforte concerto1837

pianoforte sonata1838

finger passage1847

piano concerto1851

piano part1854

piano sonata1859

chop-sticks1893

novelette1893

five-finger exercise1903

piano rag1922

1792 Programme 7th Subscription Concert (Bath New Assembly-Rooms) 11 Jan. Act II. Concerto piano-forte—Mrs. Miles.]

1837 Times 2 Sept. 4/6 A pianoforte concerto written for the festival.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 378/2 She composed several cantatas, two pianoforte concertos and five operas.

2002 Daily News (New Plymouth, N.Z.) (Nexis) 12 Aug. 23 Next year, surely we will have a pianoforte concerto? We have several young pianists right here who could play.

pianoforte duet n.

ΚΠ

1819 Times 10 Aug. 1/1 (advt.) The Overture to ‘Le Jeune Henri’, as a pianoforte duet, price 5s.

1918 Proc. Royal Soc. 1917–18 A. 94 p. xxix He took up a violin, and played with masterly touch and exquisite feeling some Scotch airs, and afterwards joined in some pianoforte duets.

1992 Hobart Mercury (Nexis) 7 July Michelle Fernando and Gosia Kaszubska won the $30 award in the 16-and-under pianoforte duet.

† pianoforte hammer-rail n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xvi. §3373 Patent pianoforte hammer-rails, keys, actions, mouldings, fret carvings, etc.

pianoforte key n.

ΚΠ

1797 T. Wright Concerto for Harpsichord or Piano Forte Advert. The measure given from the breadth of Harpsichord and Piano Forte keys, in preference to inches,..the difference in Instruments in that respect, [being] so trifling, as to occasion little or no alteration.

1859 Ladies' Repository May 314/2 A fine bright artificial ivory is produced, suitable for tablets, panels, carvings, pianoforte keys, [etc.].

1958 Hammond (Indiana) Times 20 Jan. 11/4 Ebony, the dark wood from which pianoforte keys are made.

pianoforte manufactory n.

ΚΠ

?1793 Wakefield's Merchant & Tradesman's Gen. Directory for Year 1794 160 Houston and Co. Grand and Small Piano Forte Manufactory.

1918 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 5 321 Thus a community that in 1815 boasted of brass and iron foundries,..and even a pianoforte manufactory, was practically divested of them by 1820.

pianoforte music n.

ΚΠ

1822 Times 13 Mar. 1/2 (advt.) New Pianoforte Music:—Just Published, ‘La Carnival de Venese’.

1912 W. Owen Let. 26 Mar. in J. Bell Wilfrid Owen (1998) 48 Mrs. Lott wants me to teach her Niece Pianoforte Music, with some slight remuneration, of course!

2001 G. Cox in C. Philpott & C. Plummeridge Issues in Mus. Teaching i. 12 At first it [sc. music appreciation] comprised one in six lessons, and later was extended to include a short piece of pianoforte music played three days a week to the whole school assembly.

pianoforte recital n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > a performance > [noun] > concert > types of

Philharmonic concert1740

benefit-concert1759

chamber concert1760

recital1762

Dutch concert1774

concert performance1777

philharmonica1796

musical soirée1821

sacred concert1832

soirée musicale1836

promenade concert1839

pianoforte recital1840

ballad concert1855

piano recital1855

Monday pop1862

Pop1862

promenade1864

popular1865

Schubertiad1869

recitative1873

organ recital1877

pop concert1880

smoker1887

smoke concert1888

café concert1891

prom1902

smoke-ho1918

smoking-concert1934

hootenanny1940

opry1940

Liederabend1958

1840 John Bull 31 May 1 Liszt's Pianoforte Recitals. M. Liszt will give at Two o'clock on Tuesday morning, June 9, Recitals on the Pianoforte.

1984 Times 24 Oct. 32/1 Pianoforte recital by Carl Hickson.

pianoforte solo n.

ΚΠ

1822 Times 29 Nov. 1/5 They have an extensive collection of Milan and Paris editions,..both for the voice, and as pianoforte solos.

2003 Evening Herald (Plymouth) (Nexis) 13 Nov. 16 A wide range of classes, from humorous verse and Dickens's readings to pianoforte solos and songs from the shows.

b. Objective.

pianoforte maker n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > making or fitting instruments > [noun] > instrument makers or fitters > others

pipe-makerc1450

horner1530

lute-maker1574

pianoforte maker1783

caseworker1860

lutist1863

luthier1879

pinner1896

1783 J. Broadwood Brit. Patent 1379 (1856) 1 John Broadwood, of Great Pultney Street, Golden Square, in the County of Middlesex, Harpsicord and Piano Forte Maker.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Let. 1–5 Aug. (1945) II. 415 A lady I used to know..in a street off Golden Square..where the piano forte maker lives.

1991 New Eng. Q. 64 358 Other male graduates were skilled craftsmen: pianoforte makers, lithographers, bookbinders..tailors, or nurserymen.

pianoforte-making n.

ΚΠ

1832 Times 6 June 2/1 An apprentice to the pianoforte making wanted.

1887 Daily News 6 July 7/4 (advt.) Large stock of wood suitable for pianoforte making.

1940 Mansfield (Ohio) News-Jrnl. 19 Oct. 8/6 (advt.) Baldwin... Spinette type pianos. The highest development in piano-forte making.

pianoforte player n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > keyboard player > [noun] > piano-player

pianoforte player1798

piano-player1808

pianist1820

pianofortist1841

piano man?1858

tickler1962

1798 Times 16 Aug. 1/5 The Sweet-flowing style of his Accompaniments, must, to Piano Forte Players in particular, render these Airs much more interesting than ever.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 271 The pianoforte player..fainted away.

1998 M. Cole Pianoforte in Classical Era vii. 124 When his father and sister returned to Germany, he remained,..acclaimed as the most outstanding pianoforte player in the British Isles.

pianoforte-playing n. and adj.

ΚΠ

1780 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (2003) IV. 56 A lady whose Piano forte playing I have heard extolled by all here.

1814 Last Act ii. ii, in J. Galt New Brit. Theatre II. 386 A pianoforte-playing lady.

1862 W. M. Thackeray Adventures of Philip I. xvi. 318 Her pianoforte playing is very, very so-so indeed.

1925 J. A. Johnstone (title) Rubato, or the secret of expression in pianoforte playing.

1975 Times 12 Aug. 14/6 Pirani enjoyed the advantage of not belonging to any of the so-called ‘schools’ of pianoforte-playing.

pianoforte tuner n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > [noun] > tuner > of piano

pianoforte tuner1786

piano tuner1833

fine tuner1871

1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Tuning-Fork... This instrument is chiefly used by harpsichord and piano-forte tuners.

1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations I. xi. 183 At the pianoforte-tuner's across the street.

1977 Geogr. Jrnl. 143 350 An alphabetical index of the surveyors' alternative occupations (e.g. astrologer, ballistic expert, murderer, pianoforte tuner).

C2.

pianoforte action n. = piano action n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > [noun] > mechanism

mechanism1834

piano action1853

pianoforte action1856

key action1857

1856 Times 28 June 5/2 H. Brooks,..Pianoforte action manufacturers.

1961 C. Clutton in A. C. Baines Musical Instruments through Ages 89 The essentials of the modern pianoforte action:..double action, a check, an escapement, and an una corda mechanism.

pianoforte jump n. rare a jump in a steeplechase the shape of which resembles a piano.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > racecourse > [noun] > obstacles

leap1692

fence1839

water jump1840

flight1851

jump1858

oxer1859

showjump1884

pianoforte jump1908

pianoforte obstacle1909

1908 Daily Chron. 9 June 3/5 Some of the Italian officers will give a display of what is known as the Pianoforte jump.

pianoforte obstacle n. rare an obstacle in a steeplechase the shape of which resembles a piano.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > racecourse > [noun] > obstacles

leap1692

fence1839

water jump1840

flight1851

jump1858

oxer1859

showjump1884

pianoforte jump1908

pianoforte obstacle1909

1909 Westm. Gaz. 8 Mar. 6/4 The ‘pianoforte’ obstacle will consist of four feet of water, followed by a sloping bank of turf with a three-foot wall at the end of it.

pianoforte quartet n. = piano quartet n. at piano n.² Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > pieces for specific number of performers > [noun] > quartet

quatuor1724

quartetto1758

quartet1773

pianoforte quartet1847

piano quartet1862

1847 Times 28 Jan. 4/5 Mendelssohn's pianoforte quartet in B minor was the first piece.

1954 Grove's Dict. Music (ed. 5) I. 878/1 There is a precedent in the slow movement of Schumann's pianoforte Quartet.

1989 M. Kennedy Portrait of Walton (1998) i. 13 The Pianoforte Quartet was published in 1924 on the recommendation of the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust.

pianoforte quintet n. = piano quintet n. at piano n.² Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > pieces for specific number of performers > [noun] > quintet

quintet1764

quintetto1764

pianoforte quintet1828

piano quintet1865

1828 E. Holmes Ramble among Musicians Germany 282 M. Herder played a pianoforte quintet in E flat of his composition.

1982 Jrnl. Aesthetics & Art Crit. 41 20/2 We hear directly, we do not learn by inference, the ‘serene anxiety’ of César Franck's Pianoforte Quintet.

pianoforte score n. = piano score n. at piano n.² Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > [noun] > reductions

pianoforte score1846

piano score1862

reduction1867

piano reduction1939

1846 Times 8 June 6/3 He congratulated Böhme, the publisher, on the possession of the pianoforte score.

1945 H. W. Miller All Our Lives i. 18 From a pile of pianoforte scores of light operas, she would go through Die Fledermaus, La Belle Hélène, or something by Gilbert and Sullivan.

pianoforte sonata n. = piano sonata n. at piano n.² Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > music on specific instrument > [noun] > keyboard music > on piano

pianoforte concerto1837

pianoforte sonata1838

finger passage1847

piano concerto1851

piano part1854

piano sonata1859

chop-sticks1893

novelette1893

five-finger exercise1903

piano rag1922

1792 For Benefit of Master Welsh (Bath New Assembly-Rooms Concert Programme) 7 Jan. Sonata Piano-Forte, Mrs. Miles.]

1838 Times 3 July 6/5 An adaption from one of Beethoven's pianoforte sonatas.

1954 Grove's Dict. Music (ed. 5) V. 947/2 It was in fact Mozart's own work in that form and was intended to become part..of a complete pianoforte sonata.

1988 R. Davies Lyre of Orpheus vi. xi. 370 Nobody..has found out why that disease causes one man to die a driveller and a horror, and another to compose, in his last year, three of the supreme pianoforte sonatas in all the realm of music.

pianoforte trio n. = piano trio n. at piano n.² Compounds 2.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > pieces for specific number of performers > [noun] > trio

terzetto1724

trio1724

pianoforte trio1825

piano trio1866

1825 Edinb. Advertiser Mar. 151/1 It rivalled the piano-forte trio in length and dullness.

1962 Times 16 June 10/5 In 1905 he formed a pianoforte trio with Jacques Thibaud and Pau Casais.

2002 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 3 Apr. 30 These [early compositions of Shostakovich] included his pianoforte Trio and a Prelude and Scherzo for string octet.

pianoforte wire n. = piano wire n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [noun] > pianoforte > strings > material for

pianoforte wire1785

piano wire1806

1785 Independent Jrnl. (N.Y.) 13 Aug. (advt.) Harpsichord and Piano Forte Wires.

1833 Abstr. Papers Royal Soc. 1815–30 2 409 The author devised the following method of trying a surface supposed to be plane; namely, by applying to it in different directions a piano-forte wire.

1919 Times 27 May 18/2 Pianoforte or other wire..was stretched between two..balloons, and attached to this were pianoforte wire streamers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	pianoforte
释义	† pianoforten.¹ Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian pianoforte. Etymology: Apparently < Italian pianoforte (although this is apparently not recorded in dictionaries of Italian in this sense, but compare the Sonata pian' e forte by Giovanni Gabrieli (d. 1612), famous for its pioneering juxtaposition of soft and loud passages) < piano piano adv. + forte forte adj. Compare later piano n.¹, forte n.¹ Obsolete. rare. A musical embellishment consisting of alternation between soft and loud music. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > ornament > [noun] > other ornaments minutea1513 quirk1579 pianoforte1657 plica1782 pincé1876 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 12 A song; which he performed..no Graces, Double relishes, Frillos, Grops or Piarro torte's [errata: Trillos, Groppos, or Piano Forte's], but plaine as a packstaffe. 1776 C. F. Badini Il Bacio 6 O this hearing trumpet is a lucky affair for me: sure, by the help of this, I can distinguish the pianofortes, without missing one single measure. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020). pianoforten.² Brit. /pɪˌanəʊˈfɔːti/, /pɪˌanəʊˈfɔːteɪ/, U.S. /piˈænəˌfɔrdi/ Forms: α. 1700s– pianoforte. β. regional and nonstandard 1700s– pianny-forty, 1800s pianner forty, 1800s piany forte, 1800s piany forty, 1800s– pianny-fort. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Italian. Etymons: French pianoforte; Italian pianoforte. Etymology: < French pianoforte or its etymon Italian pianoforte (although both of these are apparently first attested later: both 1771; compare French †piano et forte (1766), piano piano n.²) shortened < †piano e forte (in gravecembalo col piano e forte harpsichord with soft and loud (1711); < gravecembalo (see gravicembalo n.) + col with the + piano piano adv. + e and + forte forte adj.). The instrument was so called on account of the gradation of tone which it enables the performer to produce, as contrasted with the unvarying tone of the ordinary harpsichord; compare earlier pianoforte n.¹ Compare later fortepiano n., piano n.²With the β. forms compare the regional and nonstandard forms at piano n.² N.E.D.(1906) gives the pronunciation as (piˌæ:noˌfǭ·ɹte, (piˌæ:noˌfǭ·ɹt) /pɪˌænəʊˈfɔːteɪ/ /pɪˌænəʊˈfɔːt/; the latter, however, seems already to have been rare by this time. = piano n.² 1a. Now formal and somewhat archaic.Sometimes with defining word indicating size, shape, etc., as grand, square, upright, cottage pianoforte, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [noun] > pianoforte pf1724 pianoforte1741 fortepiano1769 piano1772 joanna1846 music box1850 box1902 1741 tr. J. J. Rutledge Mem. Julia de M— I. 78 ‘Do you play, my dear?’—‘On the guitar, Madam’, I replied, ‘and sometimes on the piano-forte.’ 1767 L. Sterne Let. Mar. in Lett. 1765–8 (2009) 547 Your piano-forte must be tun'd from the brass middle string of your guitar, which is C. 1799 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 90 135 Take one of the lowest strings of a square piano forte. 1823 Harmonicon June 83/1 Clementi has arranged for the piano-forte, with ad libitum accompaniments, many of the best symphonies of Haydn and Mozart. 1849 Amer. Whig Rev. Jan. 46/2 These masterpieces, symphonies with an obligato part for the pianoforte. 1873 T. Hardy Pair of Blue Eyes iii Elfride sat down to the pianoforte and began, ‘'Twas on the evening of a winter's day’. 1911 H. E. Krehbiel Pianoforte & its Music iii. 47 On some pianofortes there is a third pedal between the other two, called the Tone Sustaining Pedal. 1944 D. Tovey Chamber Music iv. 75 Mozart, whose own part-playing on the pianoforte left nothing to be desired. 2002 A. N. Wilson Victorians xii. 143 Ploquet's famous stuffed rabbits..playing cards, holding tea parties and playing the pianoforte were among the great losses when the Crystal Palace was destroyed by fire. Compounds C1. a. General attributive. pianoforte concerto n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > music on specific instrument > [noun] > keyboard music > on piano pianoforte concerto1837 pianoforte sonata1838 finger passage1847 piano concerto1851 piano part1854 piano sonata1859 chop-sticks1893 novelette1893 five-finger exercise1903 piano rag1922 1792 Programme 7th Subscription Concert (Bath New Assembly-Rooms) 11 Jan. Act II. Concerto piano-forte—Mrs. Miles.] 1837 Times 2 Sept. 4/6 A pianoforte concerto written for the festival. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 378/2 She composed several cantatas, two pianoforte concertos and five operas. 2002 Daily News (New Plymouth, N.Z.) (Nexis) 12 Aug. 23 Next year, surely we will have a pianoforte concerto? We have several young pianists right here who could play. pianoforte duet n. ΚΠ 1819 Times 10 Aug. 1/1 (advt.) The Overture to ‘Le Jeune Henri’, as a pianoforte duet, price 5s. 1918 Proc. Royal Soc. 1917–18 A. 94 p. xxix He took up a violin, and played with masterly touch and exquisite feeling some Scotch airs, and afterwards joined in some pianoforte duets. 1992 Hobart Mercury (Nexis) 7 July Michelle Fernando and Gosia Kaszubska won the $30 award in the 16-and-under pianoforte duet. † pianoforte hammer-rail n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xvi. §3373 Patent pianoforte hammer-rails, keys, actions, mouldings, fret carvings, etc. pianoforte key n. ΚΠ 1797 T. Wright Concerto for Harpsichord or Piano Forte Advert. The measure given from the breadth of Harpsichord and Piano Forte keys, in preference to inches,..the difference in Instruments in that respect, [being] so trifling, as to occasion little or no alteration. 1859 Ladies' Repository May 314/2 A fine bright artificial ivory is produced, suitable for tablets, panels, carvings, pianoforte keys, [etc.]. 1958 Hammond (Indiana) Times 20 Jan. 11/4 Ebony, the dark wood from which pianoforte keys are made. pianoforte manufactory n. ΚΠ ?1793 Wakefield's Merchant & Tradesman's Gen. Directory for Year 1794 160 Houston and Co. Grand and Small Piano Forte Manufactory. 1918 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 5 321 Thus a community that in 1815 boasted of brass and iron foundries,..and even a pianoforte manufactory, was practically divested of them by 1820. pianoforte music n. ΚΠ 1822 Times 13 Mar. 1/2 (advt.) New Pianoforte Music:—Just Published, ‘La Carnival de Venese’. 1912 W. Owen Let. 26 Mar. in J. Bell Wilfrid Owen (1998) 48 Mrs. Lott wants me to teach her Niece Pianoforte Music, with some slight remuneration, of course! 2001 G. Cox in C. Philpott & C. Plummeridge Issues in Mus. Teaching i. 12 At first it [sc. music appreciation] comprised one in six lessons, and later was extended to include a short piece of pianoforte music played three days a week to the whole school assembly. pianoforte recital n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > a performance > [noun] > concert > types of Philharmonic concert1740 benefit-concert1759 chamber concert1760 recital1762 Dutch concert1774 concert performance1777 philharmonica1796 musical soirée1821 sacred concert1832 soirée musicale1836 promenade concert1839 pianoforte recital1840 ballad concert1855 piano recital1855 Monday pop1862 Pop1862 promenade1864 popular1865 Schubertiad1869 recitative1873 organ recital1877 pop concert1880 smoker1887 smoke concert1888 café concert1891 prom1902 smoke-ho1918 smoking-concert1934 hootenanny1940 opry1940 Liederabend1958 1840 John Bull 31 May 1 Liszt's Pianoforte Recitals. M. Liszt will give at Two o'clock on Tuesday morning, June 9, Recitals on the Pianoforte. 1984 Times 24 Oct. 32/1 Pianoforte recital by Carl Hickson. pianoforte solo n. ΚΠ 1822 Times 29 Nov. 1/5 They have an extensive collection of Milan and Paris editions,..both for the voice, and as pianoforte solos. 2003 Evening Herald (Plymouth) (Nexis) 13 Nov. 16 A wide range of classes, from humorous verse and Dickens's readings to pianoforte solos and songs from the shows. b. Objective. pianoforte maker n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > making or fitting instruments > [noun] > instrument makers or fitters > others pipe-makerc1450 horner1530 lute-maker1574 pianoforte maker1783 caseworker1860 lutist1863 luthier1879 pinner1896 1783 J. Broadwood Brit. Patent 1379 (1856) 1 John Broadwood, of Great Pultney Street, Golden Square, in the County of Middlesex, Harpsicord and Piano Forte Maker. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Let. 1–5 Aug. (1945) II. 415 A lady I used to know..in a street off Golden Square..where the piano forte maker lives. 1991 New Eng. Q. 64 358 Other male graduates were skilled craftsmen: pianoforte makers, lithographers, bookbinders..tailors, or nurserymen. pianoforte-making n. ΚΠ 1832 Times 6 June 2/1 An apprentice to the pianoforte making wanted. 1887 Daily News 6 July 7/4 (advt.) Large stock of wood suitable for pianoforte making. 1940 Mansfield (Ohio) News-Jrnl. 19 Oct. 8/6 (advt.) Baldwin... Spinette type pianos. The highest development in piano-forte making. pianoforte player n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > keyboard player > [noun] > piano-player pianoforte player1798 piano-player1808 pianist1820 pianofortist1841 piano man?1858 tickler1962 1798 Times 16 Aug. 1/5 The Sweet-flowing style of his Accompaniments, must, to Piano Forte Players in particular, render these Airs much more interesting than ever. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 271 The pianoforte player..fainted away. 1998 M. Cole Pianoforte in Classical Era vii. 124 When his father and sister returned to Germany, he remained,..acclaimed as the most outstanding pianoforte player in the British Isles. pianoforte-playing n. and adj. ΚΠ 1780 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (2003) IV. 56 A lady whose Piano forte playing I have heard extolled by all here. 1814 Last Act ii. ii, in J. Galt New Brit. Theatre II. 386 A pianoforte-playing lady. 1862 W. M. Thackeray Adventures of Philip I. xvi. 318 Her pianoforte playing is very, very so-so indeed. 1925 J. A. Johnstone (title) Rubato, or the secret of expression in pianoforte playing. 1975 Times 12 Aug. 14/6 Pirani enjoyed the advantage of not belonging to any of the so-called ‘schools’ of pianoforte-playing. pianoforte tuner n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > [noun] > tuner > of piano pianoforte tuner1786 piano tuner1833 fine tuner1871 1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Tuning-Fork... This instrument is chiefly used by harpsichord and piano-forte tuners. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations I. xi. 183 At the pianoforte-tuner's across the street. 1977 Geogr. Jrnl. 143 350 An alphabetical index of the surveyors' alternative occupations (e.g. astrologer, ballistic expert, murderer, pianoforte tuner). C2. pianoforte action n. = piano action n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > [noun] > mechanism mechanism1834 piano action1853 pianoforte action1856 key action1857 1856 Times 28 June 5/2 H. Brooks,..Pianoforte action manufacturers. 1961 C. Clutton in A. C. Baines Musical Instruments through Ages 89 The essentials of the modern pianoforte action:..double action, a check, an escapement, and an una corda mechanism. pianoforte jump n. rare a jump in a steeplechase the shape of which resembles a piano. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > racecourse > [noun] > obstacles leap1692 fence1839 water jump1840 flight1851 jump1858 oxer1859 showjump1884 pianoforte jump1908 pianoforte obstacle1909 1908 Daily Chron. 9 June 3/5 Some of the Italian officers will give a display of what is known as the Pianoforte jump. pianoforte obstacle n. rare an obstacle in a steeplechase the shape of which resembles a piano. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > racecourse > [noun] > obstacles leap1692 fence1839 water jump1840 flight1851 jump1858 oxer1859 showjump1884 pianoforte jump1908 pianoforte obstacle1909 1909 Westm. Gaz. 8 Mar. 6/4 The ‘pianoforte’ obstacle will consist of four feet of water, followed by a sloping bank of turf with a three-foot wall at the end of it. pianoforte quartet n. = piano quartet n. at piano n.² Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > pieces for specific number of performers > [noun] > quartet quatuor1724 quartetto1758 quartet1773 pianoforte quartet1847 piano quartet1862 1847 Times 28 Jan. 4/5 Mendelssohn's pianoforte quartet in B minor was the first piece. 1954 Grove's Dict. Music (ed. 5) I. 878/1 There is a precedent in the slow movement of Schumann's pianoforte Quartet. 1989 M. Kennedy Portrait of Walton (1998) i. 13 The Pianoforte Quartet was published in 1924 on the recommendation of the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust. pianoforte quintet n. = piano quintet n. at piano n.² Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > pieces for specific number of performers > [noun] > quintet quintet1764 quintetto1764 pianoforte quintet1828 piano quintet1865 1828 E. Holmes Ramble among Musicians Germany 282 M. Herder played a pianoforte quintet in E flat of his composition. 1982 Jrnl. Aesthetics & Art Crit. 41 20/2 We hear directly, we do not learn by inference, the ‘serene anxiety’ of César Franck's Pianoforte Quintet. pianoforte score n. = piano score n. at piano n.² Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > [noun] > reductions pianoforte score1846 piano score1862 reduction1867 piano reduction1939 1846 Times 8 June 6/3 He congratulated Böhme, the publisher, on the possession of the pianoforte score. 1945 H. W. Miller All Our Lives i. 18 From a pile of pianoforte scores of light operas, she would go through Die Fledermaus, La Belle Hélène, or something by Gilbert and Sullivan. pianoforte sonata n. = piano sonata n. at piano n.² Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > music on specific instrument > [noun] > keyboard music > on piano pianoforte concerto1837 pianoforte sonata1838 finger passage1847 piano concerto1851 piano part1854 piano sonata1859 chop-sticks1893 novelette1893 five-finger exercise1903 piano rag1922 1792 For Benefit of Master Welsh (Bath New Assembly-Rooms Concert Programme) 7 Jan. Sonata Piano-Forte, Mrs. Miles.] 1838 Times 3 July 6/5 An adaption from one of Beethoven's pianoforte sonatas. 1954 Grove's Dict. Music (ed. 5) V. 947/2 It was in fact Mozart's own work in that form and was intended to become part..of a complete pianoforte sonata. 1988 R. Davies Lyre of Orpheus vi. xi. 370 Nobody..has found out why that disease causes one man to die a driveller and a horror, and another to compose, in his last year, three of the supreme pianoforte sonatas in all the realm of music. pianoforte trio n. = piano trio n. at piano n.² Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > pieces for specific number of performers > [noun] > trio terzetto1724 trio1724 pianoforte trio1825 piano trio1866 1825 Edinb. Advertiser Mar. 151/1 It rivalled the piano-forte trio in length and dullness. 1962 Times 16 June 10/5 In 1905 he formed a pianoforte trio with Jacques Thibaud and Pau Casais. 2002 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 3 Apr. 30 These [early compositions of Shostakovich] included his pianoforte Trio and a Prelude and Scherzo for string octet. pianoforte wire n. = piano wire n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [noun] > pianoforte > strings > material for pianoforte wire1785 piano wire1806 1785 Independent Jrnl. (N.Y.) 13 Aug. (advt.) Harpsichord and Piano Forte Wires. 1833 Abstr. Papers Royal Soc. 1815–30 2 409 The author devised the following method of trying a surface supposed to be plane; namely, by applying to it in different directions a piano-forte wire. 1919 Times 27 May 18/2 Pianoforte or other wire..was stretched between two..balloons, and attached to this were pianoforte wire streamers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.¹1657n.²1741
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