A Natural History of the Piano: The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians: From Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between by Isacoff, Stuart

A Natural History of the Piano: The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians--from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780307279330)

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A Natural History of the Piano: The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians: From Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between by Isacoff, Stuart

A Natural History of the Piano: The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians--from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between

$19.00
A Natural History of the Piano: The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians: From Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between by Isacoff, Stuart

A Natural History of the Piano: The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians--from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between

$19.00
Format: Paperback
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A fascinating celebration of the piano, including tales of its masters from Mozart and Beethoven to Oscar Peterson and Jerry Lee Lewis, told with the expertise of composer and author of Temperament, Stuart Isacoff.

This history takes us back to the piano's humble genesis as a simple keyboard, and shows how everyone from Ferdinando de' Medici to Herbie Hancock affected its evolution of sound and influence in popular music. Presenting the instrument that has been at the core of musical development over the centuries in all its beauty and complexity, this explores the piano's capabilities and the range of emotional expression it conveys in different artists' hands. A Natural History of the Piano is fast-paced and intriguing, with beautiful illustrations and photos, a must-read for music lovers and pianists of every level.

Author: Stuart Isacoff
ISBN-10: 0307279332
ISBN-13: 9780307279330
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 11/20/2012
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.75w x 0.79d
By Stuart Isacoff
By Stuart Isacoff
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Stuart Isacoff is a pianist, composer, and critic; he was the founding editor of Piano Today magazine. A winner of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for excellence in writing about music, he is a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal and other publications. Isacoff gives lectures and performances at numerous venues, which have included the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He currently teaches at the SUNY at Purchase.

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