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Fanfare by Ronald J. Brown
"I picked the period of roughly 1770–80, as the pianoforte was becoming well established. The first composers for the piano would have written pretty much as they had for the harpsichord: no or minimal dynamic expressions and no reliance on sustained notes. Haydn was thirty-eight to forty-eight during that period—in his prime. Mozart would have been between fourteen and twenty-four, already a master, but still developing. I used a simple harmonic structure, as I imagine many amateur composers of the time would have used, with a very slight gesture in the direction of the piano."
Art: James Gillray. "A New Way to Pay the National-Debt" (1786). London, National Portrait Gallery.
