The Piano: A History Paperback / softback
by Cyril (Honorary Visiting Professor in Music, Honorary Visiting Professor in Music, at Royal Ehrlich
Part of the Clarendon Paperbacks series
Paperback / softback
Description
For more than a century the piano occupied a dominant place in music and society.
Professor Ehrlich follows its fascinating history from the fortepiano of Mozart's time, through the Victorians' `household orchestra and god', to the most sophisticated modern products of the Japanese manufacturers.
His protagonists include barnstorming virtuosi, fashionable ladies and aspiring clerks, the great makers and the back-street `garrett-masters', distinguished musicians, and hire-purchase touts. Originally published in 1976 by Dent, this book has now been updated and revised by the author in the light of developments of recent years.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:262 pages, 8 pp plates
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:15/03/1990
- Category:
- ISBN:9780198161714
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:262 pages, 8 pp plates
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:15/03/1990
- Category:
- ISBN:9780198161714
