Lowell Lecture
Curated Conversations: Highlights of the Keyboard Instrument Collection
Date & Time
July 21, 2019 at 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Location
Museum of Fine Arts
465 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02115
Driving Directions
Speaker(s)
Darcy Kuronen, Pappalardo Curator of Musical Instruments
Presenting Organization
Topics
Pappalardo Curator of Musical Instruments Darcy Kuronen presents a musical tour of selected pieces from the Museum’s wonderful collection of keyboard instruments. He discusses the history, design, and repertoire for Italian and French harpsichords, Italian and German clavichords, an English grand piano and an American reed organ, concluding with a performance on the MFA’s Storytone electric piano, introduced at the 1939 New York World’s Fair.