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Author Isacoff, Stuart.

Title A natural history of the piano [OverDrive/Libby electronic resource] the instrument, the music, the musicians--from Mozart to modern jazz, and everything in between / Stuart Isacoff.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
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Description 1 online resource (xv, 361 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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.
Subject Piano -- History.
Piano music -- History and criticism.
Pianists.
Genre Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Isacoff, Stuart. Natural history of the piano. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011 9780307266378 (DLC) 2011011557 (OCoLC)704383446
ISBN 9780307701428 (electronic bk.)
0307701425 (electronic bk.)
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