READ ME File For 'Dataset: Shifting Ideals of Tone in Grand Pianos (1880-1904) and their Implications for Performance Practice'

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D1745

ReadMe Author: Joyce Tang, University of Southampton, Orcid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3708-2743
Supervised by David Owen Norris, Thomas Irvine, Matthew Wright.

This dataset supports the publication:
Joyce Tang, 'Shifting Ideals of Tone in Grand Pianos (1880-1904) and their Implications for Performance Practice', Univeristy of Southampton, 2021.

Description:
This datasets contains 3 types of data.

The first is a spreadsheet, 'Appendix C_Pops Concerts (Nov 1880-Apr 1901) solo repertoire.xlsx', which detailed dates, pianists, solo repertoire played, and pianos used at the 819 Monday and Saturday popular concerts at St. James' Hall (Season 23 to 43).
Licence: CC BY-ND
Date that the file was created: October 2017, Updated February 2021

The second type are audio recordings, which are supporting materials for Chapter Four: Pianos in Sound. There are 47 audio recordings (.wav. files) on late nineteenth-century pianos; pianist: Joyce Tang. Details of compositions played, and names of each file are listed below.
Licence: CC BY-NC
Date of data collection: 2019-03-22 to 2019-05-31
Geographic location of data collection: UK and France

Compositions played:
L.V. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major Op. 109, first and second movements
J. Brahms: Intermezzo in A major Op. 118 No. 2, Andante teneramente
J. Brahms: Ballade in G minor Op. 118 No. 3, Allegro energico
F. Chopin: Nocturne in E-flat major Op. 55 No. 2
F. Liszt: 'Gnomenreigen' in Zwei Konzertetuden S.145

Pianos recorded and locations [Piano brand, type and year (Serial Number) Location]

Bechstein 1892 (18936) Wightwick Manor, National Trust, UK
Bechstein 1903 (63532) Mottisfont Abbey, National Trust, UK
Bechstein 1906 (80489) Upton House, National Trust, UK
Bluthner 1892 (37404) Gunby Hall, National Trust, UK 
Bluthner Aliquot 1894 (37963) Joyce Tang, private residential home, UK
Bluthner 1901 (59974) Wimpole Hall, National Trust, UK
Broadwood 1881 (21558) Calk Abbey, National Trust, UK
Broadwood Barless 1903 (47778) Penrhyn Castle, National Trust, UK
Broadwood Barless 1908 (49610) Coughton Court, National Trust, UK
Collard & Collard 1870 (91550) Arlington Court, National Trust, UK
Collard & Collard 1905 (170660) Beningbrough Hall, National Trust, UK
Erard (London) 1870 (12294) Lyme Park, National Trust, UK
Erard (Paris) 1896 (74405) Kingston Lacy, National Trust, UK
Erard (Paris) 1901 (80479) Berrington Hall, National Trust, UK
Pleyel 1909 (145996) Musee Louis-Philippe, Chateau d'Eu, France
Steinway & Sons 1889 (68647) Stourhead, National Trust, UK
Steinway & Sons 1905 (114649) Polesden Lacey, National Trust, UK

Audio fies
1. Beethoven_mashup.wav
2. Beethoven_Bechstein1906.wav
3. Beethoven_Bluthner1901.wav
4. Beethoven_Broadwood1881.wav
5. Beethoven_Broadwood1908.wav
6. Beethoven_Collard1905.wav
7. Beethoven_Pleyel1909.wav
8. BrahmsBallade_1to10_Broadwood1881.wav
9. BrahmsBallade_1to10_Steinway1889.wav
10. BrahmsIntermezzo_49to53_Broadwood1881.wav
11. BrahmsIntermezzo_49to76_Broadwood1903.wav
12. BrahmsIntermezzo_49to76_Broadwood1908.wav
13. BrahmsIntermezzo_49to76_Collard1870.wav
14. BrahmsIntermezzo_49to76_Erard1900.wav
15. BrahmsIntermezzo_54to64take1_Erard1896.wav
16. BrahmsIntermezzo_54to64take2_Erard1896.wav
17. BrahmsIntermezzo_Bluthner1894.wav
18. BrahmsIntermezzo_Erard1896.wav
19. BrahmsIntermezzo_Erard1900.wav
20. ChopinNocturne_Bechstein1906.wav
21. ChopinNocturne_Bluthner1901.wav
22. ChopinNocturne_Bluthner1894.wav
23. ChopinNocturne_Broadwood1903.wav
24. ChopinNocturne_Erard1870.wav
25. ChopinNocturne_Erard1896.wav
26. ChopinNocturne_Pleyel1909.wav
27. ChopinNocturne_Steinway1889.wav
28. LisztGnomenreigen_85to103_Broadwood1908.wav
29. LisztGnomenreigen_85to103_Erard1870.wav
30. LisztGnomenreigen_85to103_Erard1896.wav
31. LisztGnomenreigen_133to143_Bluthner1892.wav
32. LisztGnomenreigen_133to143_Broadwood1908.wav
33. LisztGnomenreigen_133to143_Collard1905.wav
34. LisztGnomenreigen_133to143_Erard1870.wav
35. LisztGnomenreigen_133to143_Steinway1905.wav
36. LisztGnomenreigen_Broadwood1881_138bpm.wav
37. LisztGnomenreigen_Broadwood1908_138bpm.wav
38. LisztGnomenreigen_Collard1870_130bpm.wav
39. LisztGnomenreigen_Collard1870_160bpm.wav
40. LisztGnomenreigen_Pleyel1909_130bpm.wav
41. LisztGnomenreigen_Pleyel1909_138bpm.wav
42. LisztGnomenreigen_Pleyel1909_146bpm.wav
43. LisztGnomenreigen_Pleyel1909_152bpm.wav
44. LisztGnomenreigen_Pleyel1909_160bpm.wav
45. LisztGnomenreigen_Bechstein1892.wav
46. LisztGnomenreigen_Bluthner1892.wav
47. LisztGnomenreigen_Pleyel1909.wav

The third is a pdf, 
'Recording_locations.pdf', which detail the pianos, serial number, and locations of the pianos.

Licence: CC BY-ND
Date that the file was created: June 2018, Updated July 2020