Isacoff, Stuart.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
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- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- 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.
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