The New Grove piano / Edwin M. Ripin, Cyril Ehrlich, Philip R. Belt, Hugh Davies, Maribel Meisel, Robert Winter, Derek Adlam, J. Bradford Robinson, William J. Conner, Harold C. Schonberg, Rosamond E. M. Harding, Susan Bradshaw.

Other author Ripin, Edwin M.
Format Book
EditionFirst American edition.
Publication InfoNew York : W.W. Norton & Company, 1988.
Description190 pages : illustrations, music ; 21 cm.
Subjects

SeriesGrove musical instruments series
Grove musical instruments series. ^A256321
Contents History of the piano. Introduction ; Origins to 1750 / Edwin M. Ripin -- Germany and Austria, 1750-1800 / Philip R. Belt -- England and France to 1800 / Derek Adlam -- The Viennese piano from 1800 / Philip R. Belt -- England and France, 1800-1860 / Rosamond E. M. Harding -- North America to 1860 / Derek Adlam -- 1860-1915 ; From 1915 / Cyril Ehrlich -- Developments and modifications / Hugh Davies -- Piano playing. Classical period ; Romantic period ; 20th century / Robert Winter -- Jazz piano playing / J. Bradford Robinson -- Pianists / Harold C. Schonberg. Liszt and his contemporaries ; The Leschetizsky school ; The Slavonic school ; The German school ; The French school ; After World War I ; After World War II -- Piano music. The advent of the piano ; The classical sonata ; Romanticism and the miniature ; The age of virtuosity ; 19th-century national trends / Robert Winter -- The growth of pianism, 1900-1940 ; After World War II / Susan Bradshaw -- Appendix one: Glossary of terms ; Appendix two: Index of makers.
Abstract The New Grove Piano traces the history of the instrument from the earliest pianos of Cristofori in 1698 to the modern concert grands of today and even the 'prepared' piano of John Cage. Also featured is a chapter on piano playing--including a section on jazz piano--and a survey of pianists, with separate sections (Slavonic, German, French) and on the styles and influence of living pianists. The book concludes with a chronological account of the instrument's repertory--from the Classical sonatas of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, through the Romantic miniatures of Schumann and Brahms and the virtuoso showpieces of Liszt and Ravel, to the complex contemporary works of Boulez and Stockhausen.
General noteTitle on spine: The piano.
General noteParts of this material first published in The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments, edited by Stanley Sadie, 1984, and The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, edited by Stanley Sadie, 1980.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliography (pages 174-187) and index.
Other title New Grove dictionary of musical instruments.
Other title New Grove dictionary of music and musicians.
ISBN0393025535
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Music Music Stacks ML650 .N493 1988 ✔ Available Place Hold