This comprehensive highly illustrated volume traces the evolution of this popular instrument and includes information on the fortepiano, player piano, electonic piano, and synthesizer. The over 600 articles cover such topics as artisans, composers, events, companies, instrument construction, culture and history, research discoveries, and future trends.
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"A comprehensive, informative, and indispensable work." -- Billy Joel
"A user-friendly compendium, very well indexed, devoted to the piano." -- Early Music News
"Interesting, informative and well-written articles on numerous piano firms and on the piano trade in all of the major countries." -- Galpin Society Journal
Performers, teachers, scholars and general readers will appreciate this in-depth review of the piano, which includes over 600 alphabetically-arranged articles written by international contributors who comment on piano history, composition problems, and key piano developments. -- Midwest Book Review
"A user-friendly compendium, very well indexed, devoted to the piano." -- Early Music News
"Interesting, informative and well-written articles on numerous piano firms and on the piano trade in all of the major countries." -- Galpin Society Journal
Performers, teachers, scholars and general readers will appreciate this in-depth review of the piano, which includes over 600 alphabetically-arranged articles written by international contributors who comment on piano history, composition problems, and key piano developments. -- Midwest Book Review
About the Author
Robert Palmieri, Professor of Music at Kent State University, resides in Kent, Ohio.
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stringed keyboard instruments, early keyboard instruments, classical era, comprehensive dictionary, Béla Bartók, used piano, organ company, new patent, les facteurs, musical instrument makers, der bar, legato monitor, sostenente piano, wippen arm, stencil piano, downstriking action, cembalo con martelli, capo tasto bar, una corda stop, soundboard crown, tangent piano, single escapement, piano industry, tension resonator, grand piano action Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, World War, Old Woking, Cambridge University Press, Its History Traced, Oxford University Press, Gresham Books, Stanford University Press, Black Dragons, Stanley Sadie, Vestal Press, Musical Instruments, The Music Trades, Brookside Press, John Broadwood, Early Music, White House, Martha Novak, Museum of Fine Arts, Clarendon Press, Anton Walter, Young Chang, Franz Josef, Kunsthistorisches Museum Browse Sample Pages:
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- Piano Roles: A New History of the Piano by Professor James Parakilas in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Piano: An Inspirational Guide to the Piano and Its Place in History by John-Paul Williams in Back Matter
- Subject Encyclopedias: User Guide, Review Citations, and Keyword Index, Part 1 by Allan Mirwis on page 63
- Making Music at the Piano: Learning Strategies for Adult Students by Barbara English Maris on page 59
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