The Cambridge Companion to the Piano
Part of Cambridge Companions to Music
- Editor: David Rowland, The Open University, Milton Keynes
- Date Published: January 1999
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521479868
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This collection of specially commissioned essays offers an accessible introduction to the history of the piano, performance styles, and its vast repertoire. Part 1 reviews the evolution of the piano, from its earliest forms up to the most recent developments, including the acoustics of the instrument. Part 2 explores the varied repertory in its social and stylistic contexts, including contemporary music, with a final chapter on jazz, blues and ragtime. The Companion also contains a glossary of important terms and will be a valuable source for the piano performer, student and enthusiast.
Read more- Offers an accessible introduction to the world's most popular instrument
- Specially-commissioned essays by experts and performers
- Perfect for students, their teachers, enthusiasts and general music lovers
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'Insight brought to the byways of nineteenth-century drawing-room life is one of the pleasures of dipping into this guide of the piano and its history …'. The Times Literary Supplement
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- Date Published: January 1999
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521479868
- length: 260 pages
- dimensions: 244 x 170 x 14 mm
- weight: 0.465kg
- contains: 39 b/w illus. 37 music examples
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of music examples
Notes on the contributors
Acknowledgements
Bibliographical abbreviations and pitch notation
Introduction David Rowland
Part I. Pianos and Pianists:
1. The piano to c.1770 David Rowland
2. Pianos and pianists c.1770–c.1825 David Rowland
3. The piano since c.1825 David Rowland
4: The virtuoso tradition Kenneth Hamilton
5: Pianists on record in the early twentieth century Robert Philip
6. The acoustics of the piano Bernard Richardson
Part II. Repertory:
7. Repertory and canon Dorothy de Val and Cyril Ehrlich
8. The music of the early pianists (to c.1830) David Rowland
9. Piano music for concert hall and salon c.1830–1900 J. Barrie Jones
10. Nationalism J. Barrie Jones
11. New horizons in the twentieth century Mervyn Cooke
12. Ragtime, blues, jazz and popular music Brian Priestley
Glossary
Notes
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Index.
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