A natural history of the piano : the instrument, the music, the musicians - from Mozart to modern jazz, and everything in between / Stuart Isacoff.

Av: Språk: Engelska Utgivning: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011Beskrivning: xv, 361 s. illISBN:
  • 0307266370
  • 9780307266378
Ämne: DDK-klassifikation:
  • 786.2/09 22
LC-klassifikation:
  • ML650
SAB-klassifikation:
  • 24.81
  • 9,2
  • ijda
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Innehåll:
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..
Sammanfattning: 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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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

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