How to Use fortepiano in a Sentence

fortepiano

noun

• During the text plates, the fortepiano's sound was puny in the large theater.
  — Janelle Gelfand, Cincinnati.com, 16 July 2017
• This was a nod to its composer, who led the 1792 premiere in London from the fortepiano.
  — Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2018
• In both the latter two pieces, Richman, usually seen here as a harpsichordist, proved no less nimble at the fortepiano (as early pianos are called these days).
  — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 16 Nov. 2020
• Even that, however, wasn’t quite enough to give ideal presence to the fortepiano — the soft-spoken forerunner to the modern piano — used for two Mozart concertos.
  — Tim Smith, baltimoresun.com, 23 May 2018
• In the realm of public performance generally, as Mr. Kildea relates, the concert hall began to replace the salon; and the grand piano took the place of the smaller, plinkier fortepiano.
  — Michael O’Donnell, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2018
• The composer took an interest in new instruments, including the fortepiano, and his music should not be confined to the technologies of his time.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 14 May 2018
• Characters in these sections are mute while excerpts from Mozart piano fantasies are played at an unseen fortepiano by Renate Rohlfing.
  — Peter Dobrin, Philly.com, 16 Sep. 2017
• Tao did, however, take advantage of the modern piano’s wider dynamic range than the fortepiano that Mozart used, at times surging out in an almost demonic fashion.
  — Ken Jacques, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2019
• Eric Zivian was a dynamic fortepiano soloist, channeling the composer’s improvisatory zeal, and the various vocal contributions were perfectly swell.
  — Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Apr. 2018

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