The Piano

Erscheinungsjahr 1990
ISBN: 978-0-19-816171-4
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 262 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 418 g

Reihe: Clarendon Paperbacks

For more than a century the piano occupied a dominant place in music and society. Professor Ehrlich follows its fascinating history from the fortepiano of Mozart's time, through the Victorians' `household orchestra and god', to the most sophisticated modern products of the Japanese manufacturers. His protagonists include barnstorming virtuosi, fashionable ladies and aspiring clerks, the great makers and the back-street `garrett-masters', distinguished musicians, and
hire-purchase touts. Originally published in 1976 by Dent, this book has now been updated and revised by the author in the light of developments of recent years.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ehrlich, Cyril

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikinstrumente Tasteninstrumente

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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