Sunday, July 16

2:3O PM | Nicholas McGegan: EVERY HOME SHOULD HAVE ONE.

From the time of Handel up to the invention of the phonograph, every family that could afford it aspired to possess a keyboard instrument in their parlour. Owning a harpsichord or piano brought the whole musical world into the living room. The family, especially the daughters, could play the latest tunes from the capital and arrangements of arias from the hit operas of the day. One could even hold a ball at home, playing the same fashionable menuets or waltzes that were danced at court.

Part of our Blattner series of lectures. Free with purchase of today’s concert ticket.