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Cornell Center for Historical Keyboards

The Cornell Center for Historical Keyboards fosters original and imaginative approaches to the performance and study of keyboard instruments, their technological underpinnings, their intersections with other arts, and their participation in the global currents of cultural and social history.

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Aug 05
Tuesday 07:30 PM

Forte | Piano 2025: Brahms, Schumann, and Schubert Lieder

Schwartz Center for Performing Arts Kiplinger Theater
Aug 06
Wednesday 07:30 PM

Forte | Piano 2025: Former Students of Malcolm Bilson

Schwartz Center for Performing Arts Kiplinger Theater
Aug 08
Friday 07:30 PM

Forte | Piano 2025: Conversations for Two

Schwartz Center for Performing Arts Kiplinger Theater
Aug 09
Saturday 07:30 PM

Forte | Piano 2025: Women at the Keyboard

Schwartz Center for Performing Arts Kiplinger Theater

 

Clavichord with mics
Clavichord after Christian Ernst Friederici (1756)

Research Profile

A History of Decay: Developing a Sonic Archive for the Cornell Center for Historical Keyboards

By Joshua Biggs

DMA candidate Joshua Biggs discusses the creation of a digital library of samples drawn from the CCHK’s collection. 

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