The Piano

ISBN-13: 9780198161714 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 272 str.

Cyril Ehrlich

Opis

For more than a century the piano has occupied a dominant place in music and society. Here, Ehrlich traces the instrument's fascinating history from the fortepiano of Mozart's time, and the Victorian's "household orchestra and god," to the most sophisticated modern products of the Japanese manufacturers. Updated and revised by the author to include recent developments, this book will captivate musicians, historians, and all lovers of the piano.

Recenzje

`This is a welcome reprint of a book which when first published in 1976 rapidly established itself as an authoritative account of the economic and social history of the piano. The book is a fine achievement and should be on the shelves of anyone at all interested in the subject.' Kenneth Mobbs, Galpin Society Journal

Spis treści

Preface; Introduction; The Victorian piano; Steinway and the new technology; The emergence of Germany; The British market, 1880-1914; France; The United States; The English industry, 1870-1914; The English piano goes to war; Between the wars; Conclusion; Appendix I - A list of piano makers since 1851; Appendix II - Estimates of production; Appendix III - Exotica; Select Bibliography

O autorze

Cyril Ehrlich is author of The Music Profession in Britain since the Eighteenth Century: A Social History and Harmonious Alliance: A History of the Performing Right Society