| Description |
xiv, 244 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Cambridge companions to music
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-237) and index. |
| Contents |
Piano to c.1770 / David Rowland -- Pianos and pianists c.1770-c.1825 / David Rowland -- Piano since c.1825 / David Rowland -- Virtuoso tradition / Kenneth Hamilton -- Pianists on record in the early twentieth century / Robert Philip -- Acoustics of the piano / Bernard Richardson -- Repertory and canon / Dorothy de Val and Cyril Ehrlich -- Music of the early pianists (to c.1830) / David Rowland -- Piano music for concert hall and salon c.1830-1900 / J. Barrie Jones -- Nationalism / J. Barrie Jones -- New horizons in the twentieth century / Mervyn Cooke -- Ragtime, blues, jazz and popular music / Brian Priestley. |
| Subject |
Piano.
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| Added Author |
Rowland, David, Dr.
|
| ISBN |
0521474701 (hb) |
|
052147986X (pbk.) |
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