| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
viii, 214 pages : illustration ; 29 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
The well-tempered revolution : a consideration of the piano's social and intellectual history / Anthony Burgess -- Enlightenment's gift to the age of romance : how the piano came to be / Annalyn Swan -- Of wood and iron wrought : the making of a Bösendorfer / Anthony Liversidge -- Finding the sound : portrait of a master technician / Dominique Browning -- Beyond playing : a composer's life with the piano / Ned Rorem -- Song and dance : the American way of pianism / William Bolcom -- The ordeal of growth : confessions of a former prodigy / Samuel Lipman -- Pianists in their time : a memoir / Richard Sennett. |
| Subject |
Piano -- History.
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Piano. |
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History. |
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Piano -- Construction.
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Piano -- Construction. |
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Pianists.
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Pianists. |
| Added Author |
Gaines, James R.
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| ISBN |
0030579740 : $35.00 |
|
9780030579745 |
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