A natural history of the piano : the instrument, the music, the musicians--from Mozart to modern jazz, and everything in between / Stuart Isacoff.
Isacoff, Stuart.
2011
ML650 .I83 2011 (Mapit)
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Title A natural history of the piano : the instrument, the music, the musicians--from Mozart to modern jazz, and everything in between / Stuart Isacoff.
Author Isacoff, Stuart.
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9780307266378
0307266370
Imprint New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
Language English
Description xv, 361 p. ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number ML650 .I83 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 786.2/09
Summary Unfolds 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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A 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.

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