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Temperament: How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Vintage Books
Publication date February 1, 2003
Binding Paperback
Edition Reprint
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780375703300
ISBN-10 0375703306
Dimensions 0.75 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight 0.60 lbs.
Original list price $16.00
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An intriguing study of the development of the piano explores the eighteenth-century musical breakthrough that led to the creation of the modern piano keyboard, which offered a tuning in which each pitch is equidistant from the ones the precede and follow it, an innovation that greatly expanded the creative possibilities of classical composition. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
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Reprint edition from Vintage Books (February 1, 2003)
9780375703300 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $16.00
About: An intriguing study of the development of the piano explores the eighteenth-century musical breakthrough that led to the creation of the modern piano keyboard, which offered a tuning in which each pitch is equidistant from the ones the precede and follow it, an innovation that greatly expanded the creative possibilities of classical composition.

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