Piano Duet — The

The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche even suggested that piano duets were a divining rod for a good marriage , as they required a level of communication and synchronization that mirrored a successful partnership. The Original "MP3"

An interesting feature of the piano duet, specifically "piano four-hands" (two players on one instrument), is its secret history as a 19th-century "social lubricant" and the primary way people "listened" to music before the invention of the phonograph. The "Social Lubricant" of the 19th Century The Piano Duet

Because players must sit side-by-side, their elbows, knees, and hands frequently brush against or even cross over each other. In the 1800s, playing four-hands was one of

In the 1800s, playing four-hands was one of the few socially acceptable ways for a young man and woman to be physically close in a private, domestic setting. In the 1800s