A natural history of the piano : the instrument, the music, the musicians--from Mozart to modern jazz, and everything in between / Stuart Isacoff.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 0307266370
- ISBN: 9780307266378
- Physical Description: xv, 361 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-345) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 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.
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- Subject:
- Pianists.
Piano music.
Piano music > History and criticism.
Piano.
Piano > History.
Available copies
- 10 of 10 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)
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- 0 current holds with 10 total copies.
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| Marion Library | 786.209 ISA (Text) | 37810435089759 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | 786.209 ISA (Text) | 22281500038561 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Forsyth Central | 786.209 I (Text) | 0112518567204 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | 786.209 I (Text) | 33258006836212 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Hope Mills Library | 786.209 I (Text) | 31781050161544 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Macon County Public Library | 786.209 I (Text) | 39493107124523 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| North Regional Library | 786.209 I (Text) | 31781050161551 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Pack Memorial Library | 786.209 ISA (Text) | 0020509227573 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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