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Making the most out of obscurity

Posted By ArielLanyi 1117 days ago on all

https://ariellanyi.com - Franklin's glass harmonica has a range of 37 notes (some three octaves) in the upper range of the piano, and articulation is rather difficult when the sounds are produced by pressing wet fingers against rotating glass bowls. So what can Mozart make out of all these limitations? As it turns out, quite a bit. And rendering the work on the piano raises several intriguing questions.

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