Product Description: Originally published in 1928. A detailed history of the piano, its mechanism, its makes and its makers. Contents Include Remote Ancestry The Coming of the Keyboard First Stringed Keyboard Instruments The Harpsichord Family Early Keyboard Music Revival of Clavichord and Birth of Piano Changes and Improvements Surviving makes of the Eighteenth Century The First Real Piano Music The Upright Piano-Last Improvements Some Famous British Makes Some Famous Foreign Makes The Genealogy of the Piano Bibliography Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive...read more

Product Description: It is a little over eight years since this compact but comprehensive little work first appeared. Much has happened during that period: new composers have emerged in Europe and America, those already represented in the first edition who are still alive have produced many new works, a number of eminent performers have become eligible for inclusion through their death, new organizations and institutions have been formed and old ones have changed their personnel, and even some new technical subjects have called for discussion...read more

Product Description: The Music Lovers Miscellany By Eric Blom. Contents Include Love and Music Manners and Customs Mechanical Music Modernism Morel and Educational National Prides and prejudices Odds and Ends Opera Opera-Going Peoples Music Performances Personalities Rules and Regulations Singing Social Matters Street Music Theoretical Fancies Women Musicians Key to The Musical Quotations Index Originally published in 1935...read more

Product Description: It is a little over eight years since this compact but comprehensive little work first appeared. Much has happened during that period: new composers have emerged in Europe and America, those already represented in the first edition who are still alive have produced many new works, a number of eminent performers have become eligible for inclusion through their death, new organizations and institutions have been formed and old ones have changed their personnel, and even some new technical subjects have called for discussion...read more

Provides information outstanding composers, individual works, and major trends in Western music

Product Description: Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel combine the virtuosity and poetry of a world-class pianist with entertaining commentary to create a magical concert experience. His lively, engaging insights and captivating performances make listening an enthralling experience for all music lovers...read more