#that is NOT a pianoforte

[moodysnowflake]

Where the heck did you find a freaking Fortepiano Nai??!!

WHERE? HOW?

No guys, I'm not having a seizure, Fortepiano is a real instrument. It's actually the Pianoforte's ancestor. And it's called like that also because the keys have inverted colors.

[its-where-the-wild-things-are]

[franzliszt-official]

To all Pupils and Artists whom may concern: Official Invitation to #LISZTOBER

Your Contribution is to be accepted in any creative and artistic Medium, such as: Drawings, Sketches and Paintings; Stories or Tales, Poetry, or any Written and Spoken Word; and, as in itself best fitting for the Recipient: Music; Songs, Componiments, Sheet Music and or Cylindrical Recordings. Also welcome come the Practical Arts of Sewing, Stuffing, Sculpture and Animating.

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[thunderstruck9]

Franziskus Wendels (German, 1960), Pianoforte, 1997. Mixed media on canvas, 150 x 200 cm.

[gasparodasalo]

Frédéric Chopin (1810-49) - Prélude for Piano in c-sharp minor, Op. 45. Performed by Kevin Kenner, 1848 Pleyel piano.

[spring-siblings]

A Queer Feeling - A Heartstopper Regency AU

Mr. Charles Spring is widely regarded as one of the most eligible bachelors of the 1820 social season, to no one's greater resentment than his own. Tired of the social obligations and scrutiny of his position, Mr. Spring is ready to forsake it all, until he meets the dashing Mr. Nelson at a ball. As he grows closer to Mr. Nelson, Mr. Spring is afflicted by anxieties both old and new, as he weighs the danger of society's condemnation against the delight of Mr. Nelson's company.

Rating: T Chapters: 11/18

I made a playlist to go with this fic!

[umi-no-onnanoko]

[stereolady]

💕🩷🎵🎹

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[bethanydelleman]

Jane fairfax anon here with another question 😭 I'm curious as to how secret engagements actually worked? I can understand for edward and lucy that they lived in the same house and were cousins, there must have been some moments when they were alone, just the two of them. But how did jane and frank manage it without attracting the notice of the Campbells and their other acquaintances? If they spent too much time with each other they would have attracted attention. Also, from Sense and Sensibility I understood that it was impossible to receive a letter without the whole household knowing about it. The only plausible explanation is that Jane sneaked out at night lmao but that doesn't really sit with her character? I'm curious about what you think, how do you think they managed to meet in private, often and enough to get into and arrange a secret engagement?

Hey! So quick correction first, Edward and Lucy are not cousins (Mrs. Jennings and Lucy are allegedly cousins, I wouldn't put it past Lucy to make that up). But yes, she would visit her uncle while Edward was at school and then when he was hanging out after graduating. They had a lot of time possibly alone.

On to Jane Fairfax! We actually have some clues as to how they met and fell in love. Firstly, the Campbells might know a lot more than they let on:

With regard to her not accompanying them to Ireland, her account to her aunt contained nothing but truth, though there might be some truths not told. It was her own choice to give the time of their absence to Highbury; to spend, perhaps, her last months of perfect liberty with those kind relations to whom she was so very dear: and the Campbells, whatever might be their motive or motives, whether single, or double, or treble, gave the arrangement their ready sanction, and said, that they depended more on a few months spent in her native air, for the recovery of her health, than on any thing else.

This is about Jane not accompanying the family to Ireland, where obviously it would be hard for her to meet with Frank. I will be bold enough to say that the Campbells probably have strong suspicions of an attachment, if not outright knowledge of the engagement. Maybe Frank was going to try and go with them but he was denied by his aunt?

Next, some hints, mostly dropped by Frank Churchill:

I met her frequently at Weymouth. I had known the Campbells a little in town; and at Weymouth we were very much in the same set.... I have been used to hear her’s admired; and I remember one proof of her being thought to play well:—a man [Mr. Dixon], a very musical man, and in love with another woman [Miss Campbell]—engaged to her—on the point of marriage—would yet never ask that other woman [Jane] to sit down to the instrument, if the lady in question could sit down instead—never seemed to like to hear one if he could hear the other.

Now this last statement from Frank gives Emma suspicions, but there is an easy second explanation. By having Jane play, Mr. Dixon could talk in confidence to Miss Campbell. But we know Frank can't stay away from the instrument, he was no doubt there, turning her music pages and singing duets. Also, sounds like they hung out at Weymouth a lot. We know they both danced and sang duets at Weymouth.

The early letter from Jane to her grandmother also gives me suspicions:

and as Jane used to be very often walking out with them—for Colonel and Mrs. Campbell were very particular about their daughter’s not walking out often with only Mr. Dixon, for which I do not at all blame them

So either Frank (who seems to have a lot of autonomy to travel within England) is meeting them during these walks in London or Miss Campbell is taking Jane to the post office. Sneaky sneaks!!!

I also suspect that it was Frank, not Mr. Dixon, who saved Jane from falling off the sailboat. This would be perfect actually because Emma's suspicions that Jane fell in love with Mr. Dixon also stem from this dramatic episode.

I do think it is a whirlwind engagement, but the key really seems to be Weymouth and I have strong suspicions that Miss Campbell was playing matchmaker.

[andrea-non-sa-tornare]

Non si può esigere l’amore. Pretenderlo è inutile e rende arroganti. Mendicarlo umilia e rende patetici. Essere amati è un miracolo, una fortuna. Non capita a tutti e non si può fare niente per farlo capitare a noi. Nemmeno esserne degni.

"La stanza del pianoforte"Manuela Stefani

[dionysiaproductions]

Today at Pemberley, The 9th of November:

To celebrate Pemberley being empty of guests, Mrs. Elizabeth Darcy convinced her household to hold what she insisted on referring to as a ball. The list of invitees included only Mr. Darcy, Miss Georgiana Darcy, Colonel Fitzwilliam, and Mrs. Elizabeth Darcy herself. 

The festivities consisted of Miss Georgiana playing the pianoforte that Mr. Darcy built earlier this year. Even her exemplary skills were not able to offset the instrument's rather unique sound quality.

Mrs. Elizabeth Darcy led her husband in a spirited dance while Colonel Fitzwilliam served an especially potent beverage he cited as being ‘Trafalgar Punch.’

Previous days at Pemberley here

[gasparodasalo]

Happy Halloween!

Frédéric Chopin (1810-49) - Piano Sonata No. 2 in b-flat minor, Op. 35, III. Marche funèbre: Lento. Performed by Janusz Olejniczak, 1849 Érard piano.

[un-mei-no-akai-ito]

"Eppure dovrei essere io quello temuto, tra i due." 🖤

@un-mei-no-akai-ito // (Gio 15.08.24 h 15:02) // @un-mei-no-akai-ito

[ladygabes]

old drawing

I did this 2 years ago on my sketchbook!

Oh my, his birthday is very near, I promise to deliver this year guys!

Sketch: