| Description |
288 pages : illustraiton, portraits (some color) ; 29 cm |
| Note |
"A Phaidon book"--Title page |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 280-281. |
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Discography: pages 281-284. |
| Contents |
Preface ; Prologue / Dominic Gill -- The anatomy of the piano / Derek Adlam -- The classical piano / Nicholas Kenyon -- Crosscurrents : Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Brahms / Misha Donat -- The romantic piano : Chopin to Ravel / David Murray -- The romantic pedal / Charles Rosen -- Notes on the grand romantic virtuosos and after ... / Bryce Morrison -- The chamber piano / Martin Cooper -- The piano in the twentieth century / Susan Bradshaw -- The American piano / William Brooks -- The jazz piano / Wilfrid Mellers -- Dollar brand speaks ... -- The popular piano / Wilfrid Mellers -- The piano makers ; Eccentric pianos / Andrew Clements -- Epilogue / Clifford Curzon -- A chronology of pianists / Bryce Morrison. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Subject |
Piano.
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Piano. |
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Piano music -- History and criticism.
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Piano music. |
| Added Author |
Gill, Dominic.
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| ISBN |
0801413990 |
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