History of the American pianoforte : its technical development, and the trade . o e o K 00r-t S P < 02 C5 i»: ; £ S^ ri- . i M «5 |:Bi M 1IP **< m ixH fe Si S g Hi H H « S° o ^K fe <* i o AJ «! ^ H ?< an ?:••? js $ s. 00 OS i-3 mw HO -8 R5 Ba zft 2 § so BOSTON. 49 marching to battle without the accompaniment of a mod-ern military band, and in its stead a few shrill fifes andnoisy drums, may provoke a certain amount of ridicule,but let us not forget that the men of the Revolution did passing well under the circumstances. Without themand their rude musical, as well as dynamic accoutr
History of the American pianoforte : its technical development, and the trade . o e o K 00r-t S P < 02 C5 i»: ; £ S^ ri- . i M «5 |:Bi M 1IP **< m ixH fe Si S g Hi H H « S° o ^K fe <* i o AJ «! ^ H ?< an ?:••? js $ s. 00 OS i-3 mw HO -8 R5 Ba zft 2 § so BOSTON. 49 marching to battle without the accompaniment of a mod-ern military band, and in its stead a few shrill fifes andnoisy drums, may provoke a certain amount of ridicule,but let us not forget that the men of the Revolution did passing well under the circumstances. Without themand their rude musical, as well as dynamic accoutrementsof warfare, the words American pianoforte, Americanmusical art, or similar phrases, applied in the nationalist,though not necessarily insular sense, would scarcelybe known to-day, for nationalism in art or life cannotexist without freedom, and this boon the patriot soldiersof the Revolution bequeathed to the race. Passing over the Revolutionary epoch, I find that thepianoforte, toward 1790, superseded the harpsichord inthe drawing-rooms of those rich Boston families thataimed at personally simulating, if not at really promot-ing an appreciation of musical art. According to anewspaper extract of 1791 there were upwa
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