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Dover Books on Music Ser.: Men, Women and Pianos : A Social History by Arthur Loesser (2011, Trade Paperback)

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As the social anchor in middle-class homes of the nineteenth century, the piano was simultaneously an elegant piece of drawing-room furniture, a sign of bourgeois prosperity, and a means of introducing the young to music. In this admirably balanced and leisurely account of the popular instrument, the late, internationally known concert pianist Arthur Loesser takes a piano's-eye view of the recent social history of Western Europe and the United States. Drawing on newspapers, music manuscripts, popular accounts, and other sources, Loesser traces the history of the piano from its predecessors, the clavichord and the harpsichord, to the modern spinet and concert grand. Chapter headings such as Clavichords Make Weeping Easier, The Harpsichord Grows Feet, The More Pianos the Merrier, and The Keyboards Go West suggest the author's lighthearted approach to topics ranging from the piano's European origins and its introduction in the United States to the decline of piano manufacturing in the early twentieth century and the victory of airborne music by mid-century. A preface by historian Jacques Barzun and a new foreword by music critic Edward Rothstein enhance a volume rich in wit and knowledge -- one that will delight any reader with an interest in the piano and on Western cultural history.

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Publisher
Dover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0486265439
ISBN-13
9780486265438
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1001198

Product Key Features

Book Title
Men, Women and Pianos : a Social History
Author
Arthur Loesser
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
History & Criticism, Musical Instruments / Piano & Keyboard
Publication Year
2011
Genre
Music
Number of Pages
672 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.5in
Item Width
5.4in
Item Weight
27.3 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ml650.L64 1990
Copyright Date
1990
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
90-044829
Dewey Decimal
786.2
Series
Dover Books on Music Ser.
Dewey Edition
20

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by photophritzDec 12, 2009
Good but Long...
This book is a great history of the Piano and the society that changed with it. Why did the piano become so popular? Who were some of the musicians & manufacturers who influenced the piano & it's direction? It's also a "history of the world" from the early 1700's to 1954 (publication date). But it's also LONG... Sometimes a bit verbose, so I skip thru the author's attempt to play w/ words. (Sometimes he's good, sometimes not so.)

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