Isacoff, Stuart. <br/><br/>
A natural history of the piano :  the instrument, the music, the musicians--from Mozart to modern jazz, and everything in between / 
Stuart Isacoff. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Alfred A. Knopf,  2011. 
 - xv, 361 p.  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0307266370 9780307266378 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Pianists<br/>Piano--History<br/>Piano music--History and criticism