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A Natural History Of The Piano. Stuart Isacoff (2012)

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ISBN

0285641123 (ISBN13: 9780285641129)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Souvenir Press

review 1: I found some of this fascinating and inspiring. I enjoyed reading about the lives, intrigues and interconnections of some of the classical composers. Not having read much music history, I found this book a good overview of the styles and evolution of music. However, I ultimately abandoned this book without finishing it because much is devoted to composers I am not familiar with and therefore ultimately lost interest.
review 2: A wide-ranging social and musical history of the piano, from the industrial advances need for it to emerge from the keyboard family tree of dulcimers, organs and harpsichords, its Victorian parlor respectability and the massive sheet music publishing industry, subversion in the hands of New Orleans brothel piano "professors", and a cate... moregorization of pianists (not chronologically) by style as Combustibles, Alchemists, Rythmitizers and Melodists, leading to a wonderful study of Franz Liszt and Jerry Lee Lewis and showmen and technical virtuosos. less

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