Works Cited

“Bartolomeo Cristofori | Grand Piano | Italian (Florence) | The Met.” ​The Metropolitan Museum

of Art, I.e. The Met Museum​, www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/501788.

Primary source. This picture depicts the one of the original pianos created by Bartolomeo

Cristofori.

“History and Development of the Modern Piano.” ​Renner USA​,

rennerusa.com/resources/history-development-modern-piano/. Primary source. This

helped me better understand the structure of the piano. It will allow me to go deeper into

detail about the piano

www.jstor.org/stable/737958?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents. Primary source. describes the

influence that the piano has on modern music. I learned that it is now the most influential

instrument in the world

Costlow, Jane, et al. “The Need for the Piano.” Yale University Press, 2001, pp. 7–25. Three

Hundred Years of Life with the Piano. Secondary source. This college level article gave

me more detail about the piano and it's evolution. It is a very qualified article and took

quotes from it.

Costlow, Jane, et al. “The Piano Revolution in the Age of Revolutions.” Yale University Press,

2001, pp. 64–109. Three Hundred Years of Life with the Piano. Secondary source. I'ts

another article and I got one of my quotes from this article helped me understand the

construction of the piano.

“The History of the Violin.” ​English​, www.get-tuned.com/history-of-the-violin.php. Secondary

source. This website has many valuable artifacts including the worlds oldest violin. This

website gave me the info in order to know when the violin was first invented.

JohnMello. “Why the Piano Was Invented.” ​Spinditty​, Spinditty, 1 June 2017,

spinditty.com/instruments-gear/Why-the-Piano-was-Invented. Secondary source. It

helped me understand someones point of view on the piano.I learned about the influences

of the piano and why it was invented.

Piano Notes: History​, iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Fall05/pfaff/history.html. This is a secondary

source. It tells me who brought the piano to fame and when is became popular. This cite

is a helpful tool in order to know more about the upbringing of the piano.

Piano-Keyboard-Guide.com​, www.piano-keyboard-guide.com/history-of-the-piano.html. This is

a Secondary Source. I learned who invented the piano and a little bit about what Bach

thought about it. This will help me with my project by being able to understand it better.