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		<title>Did Scarlatti Play the Piano?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Middle Ages, Italy&#8217;s Medici family was a magnet for artists and artisans, who created extraordinary works under the family&#8217;s generous patronage. In 1688, Florence&#8217;s Grand Prince Ferdinando de’ Medici hired Bartolomeo Cristofori, then 33 years old, to look after his collection of harpsichords. This was an important position: Cristofori was paid as much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Playing Beethoven</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 05:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are the Beethoven symphonies, arranged as [piano] duets &#8230; I would not claim that I have ever got any tremendous emotional excitement out of playing these duets, because as soon as the main theme is announced one gets so excited that one forgets to count. &#8211; Beverley Nichols, A Thatched Roof]]></description>
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		<title>Krystian Zimerman Renews US Boycott</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Roden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Krystian Zimerman (Middlebury College) Polish pianist Krystian Zimerman stunned his Los Angeles audience Sunday evening (26 April 2009) when he announced that he would no longer perform in the US. According to this piece in the UK newspaper The Guardian, this is the second time Zimerman has renounced performing in our nation. In 2006 he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meet Lang Lang</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Roden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lang Lang (Photo: La Scena Musicale) Young star pianist Lang Lang is unquestionably a distinctive artist. In another way, though, he represents the evolving musical culture of his homeland. China is now the home of the world&#8217;s most active piano manufacturer &#8212; and as many as 80 million piano students (see A Nation of Pianos [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Nation of Pianos and Pianists</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Roden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was in the early grades, more years ago than I care to discuss, music was still an integral part of elementary education (at least in my district). We piped out This Old Man and The Itsy-Bitsy Spider to the pounding chords of a wheezy, ill-tuned upright piano. Thus, I wasn&#8217;t surprised to learn [...]]]></description>
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