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The Making of Music

Series 1

Episode 26: Schubert and the Piano

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

James Naughtie presents a series chronicling the historical influences that affected the course of classical music.

26/30. Schubert and the Piano

Vienna in the 1820s. The piano became mass manufactured and improved in quality. Schubert gave the piano personality, and his pieces were the lifeblood of a new kind of music making. Show less

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