This winnig book goes back to the orgins of the instrument and shows how the piano has become such a dynamic force in all arenas of th4e musical world.
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Siepmann was born in the US but has long resided in the UK. Until 1994 he was head of music at the BBC World Service.
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IN OR AROUND 1709, IN FLORENCE, THE ITALIAN HARPSICHORD MAKER BARTOLOME CRISTOFORI CONSTRUCTED THE WORLD'S FIRST PIANO, TO WHICH HE GAVE THE GRAND BUT RATHER CUMBERSOME TITLE OF GRAVICEMBALO COL PIANO E FORTE (LITERALLY, 'HARPSICHORD WITH SOFT AND LOUD'). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
important piano works, reproducing piano, public repertoire, percussive nature, duple metre, piano repertoire, woman pianist, first pianist, piano composers, sustaining pedal, tonal palette, square piano, triple metre, complete sonatas, greatest pianists, keyboard music, cello sonatas, keyboard works, piano duet, piano quartet Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Anton Rubinstein, Clara Schumann, Josef Hofmann, Rudolf Serkin, Artur Rubinstein, Myra Hess, Arnold Schoenberg, Charles Ives, Domenico Scarlatti, Robert Schumann, Second World War, Carnegie Hall, Dame Myra, Felix Mendelssohn, Fifth Symphony, French Revolution, George Gershwin, Glenn Gould, Hammerklavier Sonata, Hans von Billow, Ignaz Moscheles, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, New England New!
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IN OR AROUND 1709, IN FLORENCE, THE ITALIAN HARPSICHORD MAKER BARTOLOME CRISTOFORI CONSTRUCTED THE WORLD'S FIRST PIANO, TO WHICH HE GAVE THE GRAND BUT RATHER CUMBERSOME TITLE OF GRAVICEMBALO COL PIANO E FORTE (LITERALLY, 'HARPSICHORD WITH SOFT AND LOUD'). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
important piano works, reproducing piano, public repertoire, percussive nature, duple metre, piano repertoire, woman pianist, first pianist, piano composers, sustaining pedal, tonal palette, square piano, triple metre, complete sonatas, greatest pianists, keyboard music, cello sonatas, keyboard works, piano duet, piano quartet Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Anton Rubinstein, Clara Schumann, Josef Hofmann, Rudolf Serkin, Artur Rubinstein, Myra Hess, Arnold Schoenberg, Charles Ives, Domenico Scarlatti, Robert Schumann, Second World War, Carnegie Hall, Dame Myra, Felix Mendelssohn, Fifth Symphony, French Revolution, George Gershwin, Glenn Gould, Hammerklavier Sonata, Hans von Billow, Ignaz Moscheles, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, New England New!
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- Rhapsody in Blue: Solo Piano (Original) by George Gershwin on 5 pages
- Piano Concerto by Robert Schumann on 4 pages
- Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words for the Piano (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics Vol. 58) by Felix Mendelssohn in Front Matter, page 59, and page 111
- Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue (Kalmus Edition) by Johann Sebastian Bach on page 47, and page 90
- Englishche Suiten (Music Scores) by Johann Sebastian Bach on page 41, and page 90
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