What’s the difference between a piano and a pianoforte? And is the harpsichord really a piano? Obviously, these are all instruments with keyboards and strings within. But is that trait the only similarity? Piano Versus Pianoforte The name sounds similar, sure, but are they the same type of musical instrument? The answer is yes. Piano is simply a shortened name for what, by and large, originated in Italy as the pianoforte. According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New Yor

EARLY STAGE LIGHTING Stage lighting design is probably as old as formalized theatre. The early Greeks built their theatres as open air spaces and orientated them in relation to the sun, so as to use natural light for stage lighting. They would present their plays at different times of day, to take advantage of the different types of natural lighting. This type of planning was in essence, early lighting design. The Theatre of Dionysus (Athens, about 330 BC) and the theatre at