Player Piano
Player Piano

Author: Arthur A. Reblitz

Publisher: Vestal Press

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 1461664470

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A treatise on how player pianos function, and how to get them back into top playing condition if they don't work. For beginners and experienced technicians alike.

Automatic Pianos
Automatic Pianos

Author: Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume

Publisher: Atglen, PA : Schiffer Pub.

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13:

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All you need to know about pianos that play automaticallyplayer-pianos, barrel pianos, mechanical pianos, and reproducing pianos. Their invention and development, plus how they work as well as the right way to look after one and play it well. Includes lists of makers, brand names, music-roll, and a guide to prices. Additional chapters devoted to the maintenance and operation of the roll-playing Aeolian Orchestrelle reed-organ.

Player Piano
Player Piano

Author: Kurt Vonnegut

Publisher: Dial Press

Published: 2009-09-30

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 0307568083

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“A funny, savage appraisal of a totally automated American society of the future.”—San Francisco Chronicle Kurt Vonnegut’s first novel spins the chilling tale of engineer Paul Proteus, who must find a way to live in a world dominated by a supercomputer and run completely by machines. Paul’s rebellion is vintage Vonnegut—wildly funny, deadly serious, and terrifyingly close to reality. Praise for Player Piano “An exuberant, crackling style . . . Vonnegut is a black humorist, fantasist and satirist, a man disposed to deep and comic reflection on the human dilemma.”—Life “His black logic . . . gives us something to laugh about and much to fear.”—The New York Times Book Review

The Harvard Dictionary of Music
The Harvard Dictionary of Music

Author: Don Michael Randel

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2003-11-28

Total Pages: 1020

ISBN-13: 9780674011632

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This classic reference work, the best one-volume music dictionary available, has been brought completely up to date in this new edition. Combining authoritative scholarship and lucid, lively prose, the Fourth Edition of The Harvard Dictionary of Music is the essential guide for musicians, students, and everyone who appreciates music. The Harvard Dictionary of Music has long been admired for its wide range as well as its reliability. This treasure trove includes entries on all the styles and forms in Western music; comprehensive articles on the music of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Near East; descriptions of instruments enriched by historical background; and articles that reflect today’s beat, including popular music, jazz, and rock. Throughout this Fourth Edition, existing articles have been fine-tuned and new entries added so that the dictionary fully reflects current music scholarship and recent developments in musical culture. Encyclopedia-length articles by notable experts alternate with short entries for quick reference, including definitions and identifications of works and instruments. More than 220 drawings and 250 musical examples enhance the text. This is an invaluable book that no music lover can afford to be without.

The Piano Handbook
The Piano Handbook

Author: Carl Humphries

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9780879307271

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Enhanced by an audio CD of selected examples and pieces, a course in playing all major styles of piano covers a history of the instrument and offers progressive instruction in all areas of technique, including posture, fingering, pedalling, scales, and exercises.

Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 2
Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 2

Author: John Shepherd

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2003-05-08

Total Pages: 713

ISBN-13: 1847144721

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The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music Volume 1 provides an overview of media, industry, and technology and its relationship to popular music. In 500 entries by 130 contributors from around the world, the volume explores the topic in two parts: Part I: Social and Cultural Dimensions, covers the social phenomena of relevance to the practice of popular music and Part II: The Industry, covers all aspects of the popular music industry, such as copyright, instrumental manufacture, management and marketing, record corporations, studios, companies, and labels. Entries include bibliographies, discographies and filmographies, and an extensive index is provided.