Bartolomeo Cristofori

E151302

Bartolomeo Cristofori was an Italian instrument maker of the Baroque era, best known as the inventor of the modern piano.

All labels observed (2)

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Bartolomeo Cristofori canonical 10
Cristofori 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian person ⓘ
human ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
musical instrument maker ⓘ
burialPlace Florence ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Duchy of Venice ⓘ
linked to: Republic of Venice
dateOfBirth 1655-05-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1731-01-27 ⓘ
designed escapement mechanism for piano action ⓘ
stringed keyboard instruments with dynamic control ⓘ
employer Ferdinando de' Medici ⓘ
Medici court in Florence ⓘ
era 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
familyName Cristofori ⓘ
fieldOfWork keyboard instruments ⓘ
musical instrument design ⓘ
givenName Bartolomeo ⓘ
hasWorkLocation Medici instrument workshop in Florence ⓘ
heritage Paduan ⓘ
influenced development of modern piano making ⓘ
invented piano ⓘ
pianoforte ⓘ
inventionDateApproximation piano invented circa 1700 ⓘ
knownFor development of the hammer mechanism for keyboard instruments ⓘ
invention of the piano ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Italian ⓘ
movedTo Florence ⓘ
movement Baroque ⓘ
nativeLanguage Italian ⓘ
notableInstrumentBuilt harpsichord ⓘ
oval spinet ⓘ
spinettone ⓘ
notablePupil Giovanni Ferrini ⓘ
notableWork gravicembalo col piano e forte ⓘ
linked to: Fortepiano
occupation harpsichord maker ⓘ
instrument maker ⓘ
patron Ferdinando de' Medici ⓘ
placeOfBirth Padua ⓘ
placeOfDeath Florence ⓘ
placeOfEmployment Florence ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
residence Florence ⓘ
Padua ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workPeriod Baroque era ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Piano → inventedBy → Bartolomeo Cristofori ⓘ
Bartolomeo Cristofori → familyName → Cristofori ⓘ
linked to: Bartolomeo Cristofori
Bartolomeo → hasNotableBearer → Bartolomeo Cristofori ⓘ
Medici instrument workshop in Florence → employerOf → Bartolomeo Cristofori ⓘ
Giovanni Ferrini → studentOf → Bartolomeo Cristofori ⓘ
Giovanni Ferrini → influencedBy → Bartolomeo Cristofori ⓘ
Giovanni Ferrini → notableTeacher → Bartolomeo Cristofori ⓘ
Giovanni Ferrini → associatedWith → Bartolomeo Cristofori ⓘ