A Natural History of the Piano
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2012
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Souvenir Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-285-64112-9 (ISBN)
Souvenir Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-285-64112-9 (ISBN)
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Stuart Isacoff - pianist, critic and teacher - explores the history and evolution of the piano, how its sound provides the basis for emotional expression and individual style and why it has so powerfully entertained generation upon generation of listeners. A Natural History of the Piano distills a lifetime of research and passion into one brilliant narrative. We witness Mozart unveiling his monumental concertos in Vienna's coffeehouses, using a special piano with one keyboard for the hands and another for the feet; European virtuoso Henri Herz entertaining rowdy miners during the California gold rush; Beethoven at his piano, conjuring healing angels to console a grieving mother who had lost her child; Liszt fainting in the arms of a page turner to spark an entire hall into hysterics.
Ranging from the groundbreaking music of Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt and Debussy to the breathtaking techniques of Glenn Gould, Oscar Peterson, Arthur Rubinstein and Van Cliburn, Isacoff delineates how classical music and jazz influenced each other as the uniquely American art form progressed from ragtime, novelty, boogie, bebop, and beyond, through Scott Joplin, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Herbie Hancock and Bill Charlap.
Here is the instrument in all its complexity and beauty. We learn of the incredible craftsmanship of a modern Steinway, the peculiarity of specialty pianos built for the Victorian household, the continuing innovation in keyboards including electronic ones. And most of all, we hear the music of the masters, from centuries ago and in our own age, as brilliantly evoked as its most recent performance.
Ranging from the groundbreaking music of Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt and Debussy to the breathtaking techniques of Glenn Gould, Oscar Peterson, Arthur Rubinstein and Van Cliburn, Isacoff delineates how classical music and jazz influenced each other as the uniquely American art form progressed from ragtime, novelty, boogie, bebop, and beyond, through Scott Joplin, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Herbie Hancock and Bill Charlap.
Here is the instrument in all its complexity and beauty. We learn of the incredible craftsmanship of a modern Steinway, the peculiarity of specialty pianos built for the Victorian household, the continuing innovation in keyboards including electronic ones. And most of all, we hear the music of the masters, from centuries ago and in our own age, as brilliantly evoked as its most recent performance.
Stuart Isacoff is the founding editor of the magazine Piano Today (and edited it for almost thirty years). He currently teaches at the Purchase College Conservatory of Music and contributes regularly to The Wall Street Journal. He is also the author of Temperament: How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.9.2012 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 140 black and white photographs |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 135 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Instrumentenkunde |
| ISBN-10 | 0-285-64112-3 / 0285641123 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-285-64112-9 / 9780285641129 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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