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A Natural History of the Piano: The Instrument, the Music, the Musiciansfrom Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between,Used
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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 pianos capabilities and the range of emotional expression it conveys in different artists hands. A Natural History of the Piano is fastpaced and intriguing, with beautiful illustrations and photos, a mustread for music lovers and pianists of every level.
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