Giraffes, black dragons, and other pianos [[electronic resource] ] : a technological history from Cristofori to the modern concert grand / / Edwin M. Good |
Autore | Good Edwin M (Edwin Marshall), <1928-2014, > |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxv, 369 p. ) : ill |
Disciplina | 786.2/19/09 |
Soggetto topico |
Piano - History
Piano - Construction Music Music, Dance, Drama & Film Music History & Criticism, Instrumental |
ISBN | 0-8047-3316-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Illustrations -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Author's note -- ; [ch.] 1. Technology and the piano -- ; [ch.] 2. The earliest pianos -- ; [ch.] 3. The classic piano -- ; [ch.] 4. Beethoven and the growing grand -- ; [ch.] 5. Pianos from early-nineteenth-century homes -- ; [ch.] 6. Iron enters the piano -- ; [ch.] 7. The french take the lead -- ; [ch.] 8. The radical americans -- ; [ch.] 9. The europeans imitate - or do not -- ; [ch.] 10. Some odds and dead ends -- ; [ch.] 11. The modern piano -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996248000703316 |
Good Edwin M (Edwin Marshall), <1928-2014, > | ||
Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, c2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Piano roles [[electronic resource] ] : three hundred years of life with the piano / / James Parakilas ... [et al.] ; foreword by Noah Adams |
Autore | Parakilas James |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (402 p.) |
Disciplina | 786.2/09 |
Altri autori (Persone) | ParakilasJames |
Soggetto topico |
Piano - History
Music - Social aspects |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-73094-7
9786611730949 0-300-13082-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. 1700 to 1770's: The Need for the Piano -- Two. Designing, Making, and Selling Pianos -- Three. 1770's to 1820's: The Piano Revolution in the Age of Revolutions -- Four. The Piano Lesson -- Five. 1820's to 1870's: The Piano Calls the Tune -- Six. The Concert and the Virtuoso -- Seven. 1870's to 1920's: The World's the Limit -- Eight. Hollywood's Embattled Icon -- Nine. 1920's to 2000: New Voices from the Old Impersonator -- Afterword: Making the Piano Historical -- Notes -- Recommended Readings -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452321503321 |
Parakilas James | ||
New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Piano roles [[electronic resource] ] : three hundred years of life with the piano / / James Parakilas ... [et al.] ; foreword by Noah Adams |
Autore | Parakilas James |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (402 p.) |
Disciplina | 786.2/09 |
Altri autori (Persone) | ParakilasJames |
Soggetto topico |
Piano - History
Music - Social aspects |
ISBN |
1-281-73094-7
9786611730949 0-300-13082-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. 1700 to 1770's: The Need for the Piano -- Two. Designing, Making, and Selling Pianos -- Three. 1770's to 1820's: The Piano Revolution in the Age of Revolutions -- Four. The Piano Lesson -- Five. 1820's to 1870's: The Piano Calls the Tune -- Six. The Concert and the Virtuoso -- Seven. 1870's to 1920's: The World's the Limit -- Eight. Hollywood's Embattled Icon -- Nine. 1920's to 2000: New Voices from the Old Impersonator -- Afterword: Making the Piano Historical -- Notes -- Recommended Readings -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777826903321 |
Parakilas James | ||
New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Piano roles : three hundred years of life with the piano / / James Parakilas ... [et al.] ; foreword by Noah Adams |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (402 p.) |
Disciplina | 786.2/09 |
Altri autori (Persone) | ParakilasJames |
Soggetto topico |
Piano - History
Music - Social aspects |
ISBN |
1-281-73094-7
9786611730949 0-300-13082-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. 1700 to 1770's: The Need for the Piano -- Two. Designing, Making, and Selling Pianos -- Three. 1770's to 1820's: The Piano Revolution in the Age of Revolutions -- Four. The Piano Lesson -- Five. 1820's to 1870's: The Piano Calls the Tune -- Six. The Concert and the Virtuoso -- Seven. 1870's to 1920's: The World's the Limit -- Eight. Hollywood's Embattled Icon -- Nine. 1920's to 2000: New Voices from the Old Impersonator -- Afterword: Making the Piano Historical -- Notes -- Recommended Readings -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813622703321 |
New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Pianos in the Smithsonian Institution [[electronic resource] /] / Helen R. Hollis |
Autore | Hollis Helen R |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, [D.C.] : , : Smithsonian Institution Press, , 1973 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iii, 47 pages) : illustrations |
Collana | Smithsonian studies in history and technology |
Soggetto topico | Piano - History |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910701482603321 |
Hollis Helen R | ||
Washington, [D.C.] : , : Smithsonian Institution Press, , 1973 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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