Pianos and Their Makers
Pianos and Their Makers

Author: Alfred Dolge

Publisher:

Published: 1913

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13:

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Traces the development of stringed keyboard instruments, focusing on the nineteenth-century piano, its designers, and manufacturers.

The Piano in America, 1890-1940
The Piano in America, 1890-1940

Author: Craig H. Roell

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2018-06-05

Total Pages: 467

ISBN-13: 1469610612

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Roell uses company records and the popular press to chronicle the piano industry through changing values, business strategies, economic conditions, and technology. For Roell, as for the industry, music is a byproduct. Originally published in 1991. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

The Piano
The Piano

Author: Robert Palmieri

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-06-01

Total Pages: 964

ISBN-13: 1135949638

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The Encyclopedia of the Piano was selected in its first edition as a Choice Outstanding Book and remains a fascinating and unparalleled reference work. The instrument has been at the center of music history with even composers of large symphonic work asserting that they do not write anything without sketching it out first on a piano; its limitations and expressive capacity have done much to shape the contours of the western musical idiom. Within the scope of this user-friendly guide is everything from the acoustics and construction of the piano to the history of the companies that have built them. The piano-lover might also be surprised to find an entry for Thomas Jefferson, and will no doubt read intently the passages about the changing history of the piano's place in the home. Uniformly well-written and authoritative, this guide will channel anyone's love for the instrument, through social, intellectual, art history and beyond into the electronic age.

Music in Ohio
Music in Ohio

Author: William Osborne

Publisher: Kent State University Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 680

ISBN-13: 9780873387750

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Music has played an important role in Ohio's cultural vitality. This work offers a comprehensive look at music as it has been practised in Ohio from the 18th century onwards, from folk to jazz to rock to the polka. It also examines the music of the Moravians, Mormons, and Welsh.