There is evidence that the pianoforte was first known in England about 1767: it was introduced that year on the stage at Covent Garden Theatre as a new instrument. An old playbill, in the possession of' Messrs Broadwcod, bearing the date May 16, 1767, setting forth the performance of “ The Beggar’s Opera,” contains the following notification: “ Enel of Act I, Miss Brickler will sing a favourite song from ‘Judith,’ accompained by Mr Dibdin on a new instrument called >ianoforte.”
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19340724.2.52
Bibliographic details
Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20365, 24 July 1934, Page 4
Word Count
79Untitled Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20365, 24 July 1934, Page 4
Using This Item
Star Media Company Ltd is the copyright owner for the Star (Christchurch). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Star Media. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in