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000434052 1001_ $$aIsacoff, Stuart.
000434052 24512 $$aA natural history of the piano :$$bthe instrument, the music, the musicians--from Mozart to modern jazz, and everything in between /$$cStuart Isacoff.
000434052 250__ $$a1st ed.
000434052 260__ $$aNew York :$$bAlfred A. Knopf,$$c2011.
000434052 300__ $$axv, 361 p.$$bill. ;$$c25 cm.
000434052 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000434052 5050_ $$aA gathering of traditions -- The piano is born -- The first piano superstar -- Piano fever -- Performers on the road -- The four sounds -- The combustibles -- The alchemists -- The rhythmitizers -- The melodists -- The cultivated and the vernacular -- The Russians are coming -- The Germans and their close relations -- Keys to the world -- On the cutting edge -- Everything old is new again.
000434052 520__ $$aUnfolds the ongoing history and evolution of the piano and all its myriad wonders: how its very sound provides the basis for emotional expression and individual style, and why it has so powerfully entertained generation upon generation of listeners.
000434052 650_0 $$aPiano$$xHistory.
000434052 650_0 $$aPiano music$$xHistory and criticism.
000434052 650_0 $$aPianists.
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