| Description |
xiv, 244 pages : illustration, facsimiles, music ; 26 m. |
| Series |
Cambridge companions to music
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Cambridge companions to music.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Piano to c.1770 ; Pianos and pianists c.1770-c.1825 ; Piano since c.1825 / David Rowland -- Virtuoso tradition / Kenneth Hamilton -- Pianists on record in the early twentieth century / Robert Philip -- Acoustics of the piano / Bernard Richardson -- Repertory and canon / Dorothy de Val and Cyril Ehrlich -- Music of the early pianists (to c.1830) / David Rowland -- Piano music for concert hall and salon c.1830-1900 ; Nationalism / J. Barrie Jones -- New horizons in the twentieth century / Mervyn Cooke -- Ragtime, blues, jazz and popular music / Brian Priestly. |
| Subject |
Piano -- History.
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Piano. |
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History. |
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Piano music -- History and criticism.
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Piano music. |
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Pianists.
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Pianists. |
| Added Author |
Rowland, David (David E.), 1957-
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| ISBN |
0521474701 hardback |
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052147986X paperback |
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