A natural history of the piano : the instrument, the music, the musicians--from Mozart to modern jazz, and everything in between / Stuart Isacoff.
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TextPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011Edition: 1st edDescription: xv, 361 p. ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 0307266370; 9780307266378Subject(s): Pianists | Piano -- History | Piano music -- History and criticism| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Book | Gratia Christian College Library Book Shelves | Print book | ML650 .I71 2011 (Browse shelf) | Available | 0001119C |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.