A Natural History of the Piano : : the Instrument, the Music, the Musicians--From Mozart to Modern Jazz, and Everything in Between
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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 rhythmizers -- 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.
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.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: xv, 361 p. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780307266378
0307266370
SUBJECTS
Piano -- History.
Piano music -- History and criticism.
Pianists.