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The Book of Complete Information about Pianos (Classic Reprint)

Author : Frank L. Wing
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780282159559
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (595 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Complete Information about Pianos (Classic Reprint) written by Frank L. Wing and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Book of Complete Information About Pianos Rubinstein, the great prince of pianists, said I prefer the piano to any other instrument because it is a musical entity; all other instruments, including the human voice, are fragmentary to a certain extent. No other instrument so delights both the highly cultivated sense of musicians and the natural, untrained musical taste of the great majority; none other completely satisfies the demands of the most skilful and at the same time yields such gratifying results to the beginner. It is suited to the largest concert hall or the cosiest home. It is adapted to all places and all occasions. It is the universal instrument. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Piano

Author : Susan Tomes
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300253923
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The Piano written by Susan Tomes and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating history of the piano explored through 100 pieces chosen by one of the UK's most renowned concert pianists "Tomes . . . casts her net widely, taking in chamber music and concertos, knotty avant-garde masterworks and (most welcome) jazz."--Richard Fairman, Financial Times, "Best Books of 2021: Classical Music" "[One of] the most beautiful books I got my hands on this year. . . . About the shaping of this maddening, glorious, unconquerable instrument."--Jenny Colgan, Spectator, "Books of the Year" An astonishingly versatile instrument, the piano allows just two hands to play music of great complexity and subtlety. For more than two hundred years, it has brought solo and collaborative music into homes and concert halls and has inspired composers in every musical genre--from classical to jazz and light music. Charting the development of the piano from the late eighteenth century to the present day, pianist and writer Susan Tomes takes the reader with her on a personal journey through 100 pieces including solo works, chamber music, concertos, and jazz. Her choices include composers such as Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Robert Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Gershwin, and Philip Glass. Looking at this history from a modern performer's perspective, she acknowledges neglected women composers and players including Fanny Mendelssohn, Maria Szymanowska, Clara Schumann, and Amy Beach.

Music for the Piano

Author : James Friskin
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486229181
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (862 download)

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Download or read book Music for the Piano written by James Friskin and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1973-01-01 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston in 1954.

A Natural History of the Piano

Author : Stuart Isacoff
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307701425
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book A Natural History of the Piano written by Stuart Isacoff and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully illustrated, totally engrossing celebration of the piano, and the composers and performers who have made it their own. With honed sensitivity and unquestioned expertise, Stuart Isacoff—pianist, critic, teacher, and author of Temperament: How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization—unfolds the ongoing history and evolution of the piano and all its myriad wonders: how its very sound provides the basis for emotional expression and individual style, and why it has so powerfully entertained generation upon generation of listeners. He illuminates the groundbreaking music of Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt, Schumann, and Debussy. He analyzes the breathtaking techniques of Glenn Gould, Oscar Peterson, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Arthur Rubinstein, and Van Cliburn, and he gives musicians including Alfred Brendel, Murray Perahia, Menahem Pressler, and Vladimir Horowitz the opportunity to discuss their approaches. Isacoff delineates how classical music and jazz influenced each other as the uniquely American art form progressed from ragtime, novelty, stride, boogie, bebop, and beyond, through Scott Joplin, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Bill Evans, Thelonious Monk, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Cecil Taylor, and Bill Charlap. A Natural History of the Piano distills a lifetime of research and passion into one brilliant narrative. We witness Mozart unveiling his monumental concertos in Vienna’s coffeehouses, using a special piano with one keyboard for the hands and another for the feet; European virtuoso Henri Herz entertaining rowdy miners during the California gold rush; Beethoven at his piano, conjuring healing angels to console a grieving mother who had lost her child; Liszt fainting in the arms of a page turner to spark an entire hall into hysterics. Here is the instrument in all its complexity and beauty. We learn of the incredible craftsmanship of a modern Steinway, the peculiarity of specialty pianos built for the Victorian household, the continuing innovation in keyboards including electronic ones. And most of all, we hear the music of the masters, from centuries ago and in our own age, brilliantly evoked and as marvelous as its most recent performance. With this wide-ranging volume, Isacoff gives us a must-have for music lovers, pianists, and the armchair musician.

Pianos

Author : Alfred Dolge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781332438457
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Pianos written by Alfred Dolge and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Pianos: And Their Makers "I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty endeavor themselves by way of amends to be a help and ornament thereto." Francis Bacon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

How the Piano Came to Be (Classic Reprint)

Author : Ellye Howell Glover
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331936254
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book How the Piano Came to Be (Classic Reprint) written by Ellye Howell Glover and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-25 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from How the Piano Came to Be From the dried sinews stretched across the shell of a dead tortoise to the concert-grand piano of the present day is a far ﬂight. Yet to this primitive source, it is said, may be traced the evolution of the stringed instrument which reached its culmination in the piano. The latter has been aptly called the household orchestra, and in tracing its origin one must go far back into the annals of the past. If we accept the Bible as history, and it is the greatest of all histories, the stringed instrument is of very ancient date. It is recorded that the ambassadors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Men, Women and Pianos

Author : Arthur Loesser
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486171612
Total Pages : 674 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)

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Download or read book Men, Women and Pianos written by Arthur Loesser and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-04-27 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A renowned concert pianist traces the instrument's design, manufacture, and music in a delightful "piano's eye-view" of the social history of Western Europe and the United States from the 16th to the 20th centuries.

How to Play the Piano (Classic Reprint)

Author : Mark Hambourg
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780265187258
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (872 download)

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Download or read book How to Play the Piano (Classic Reprint) written by Mark Hambourg and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How would you feel receiving piano lessons from a world-renowned and seasoned concert pianist? Indeed, such sessions would be delightfully challenging and insightful ones, as you're inclined to receive all his instructions without question and with full confidence in his expertise and abilities. This is also the attitude that one should adopt when going through Mark Hambourg's This How to Play the Piano. The author himself recommends any piano student to have a "really good and experienced professor" - someone which the famous pianist himself was although he did not insinuate his credentials in this way. He dispenses practical advice regarding the maintenance of one's health as a performer and the decorum one must adopt in performing in public. Hambourg also includes a number of helpful illustrations that the reader can follow easily. He tackles the basics in playing the piano and moves things gradually to the more challenging aspects of performing with such an instrument, such as using the pedal and "making the piano sing." In addition to these, the Russian-British musician also gives tips on selecting and caring for your own piano. Though this volume may be written many decades ago, the principles and tips laid out by its author are still relevant and applicable to the modern piano student, whether young or old, naturally adept or just plain curious. Readers will also get more insights on what it takes to be a committed performer through Hambourg's non-musical advice and be inspired by his words. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Adult Piano Adventures - Classics, Book 1

Author : Nancy Faber
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1616779152
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (167 download)

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Download or read book Adult Piano Adventures - Classics, Book 1 written by Nancy Faber and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Faber Piano Adventures ). Adult Piano Adventures Classics Book 1 celebrates great masterworks of Western music, including symphony themes, opera gems, and classical favorites. The melodies of Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, and other master composers are arranged at just the right level for adult beginners and for those who are returning to the keyboard. Section 1 features piano arrangements with minimal hand position changes, and many selections include an optional duet part. Section 2 introduces the I, IV, and V7 chords in the key of C major, harmonizing themes such as Sibelius's Finlandia, Schubert's The Trout, and Mendelssohn's Spring Song. Section 3 presents the primary chords in the key of G major, with arrangements of Vivaldi's Autumn (from The Four Seasons), Mozart's theme from The Magic Flute, Lizst's Liebestraum, and more.

Complete piano rags

Author : Scott Joplin
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486258076
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (862 download)

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Download or read book Complete piano rags written by Scott Joplin and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprinted from the publishers' original editions, offers all thirty-eight piano rags by the respected master of the form, along with the original sheet music covers.

Complete Theoretical and Practical Piano Forte School, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Author : Carl Czerny
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266798507
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Complete Theoretical and Practical Piano Forte School, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by Carl Czerny and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Complete Theoretical and Practical Piano Forte School, Vol. 1 G sharp, A, A sharp, B, C, &c: ' as also according to the second denomination, C, D flat, D, E flat, E, F, G flat, G, &c. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Piano Notes

Author : Charles Rosen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439135223
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Piano Notes written by Charles Rosen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-10-29 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Rosen is one of the world's most talented pianists -- and one of music's most astute commentators. Known as a performer of Bach, Beethoven, Stravinsky, and Elliott Carter, he has also written highly acclaimed criticism for sophisticated students and professionals. In Piano Notes, he writes for a broader audience about an old friend -- the piano itself. Drawing upon a lifetime of wisdom and the accumulated lore of many great performers of the past, Rosen shows why the instrument demands such a stark combination of mental and physical prowess. Readers will gather many little-known insights -- from how pianists vary their posture, to how splicings and microphone placements can ruin recordings, to how the history of composition was dominated by the piano for two centuries. Stories of many great musicians abound. Rosen reveals Nadia Boulanger's favorite way to avoid commenting on the performances of her friends ("You know what I think," spoken with utmost earnestness), why Glenn Gould's recordings suffer from "double-strike" touches, and how even Vladimir Horowitz became enamored of splicing multiple performances into a single recording. Rosen's explanation of the piano's physical pleasures, demands, and discontents will delight and instruct anyone who has ever sat at a keyboard, as well as everyone who loves to listen to the instrument. In the end, he strikes a contemplative note. Western music was built around the piano from the classical era until recently, and for a good part of that time the instrument was an essential acquisition for every middle-class household. Music making was part of the fabric of social life. Yet those days have ended. Fewer people learn the instrument today. The rise of recorded music has homogenized performance styles and greatly reduced the frequency of public concerts. Music will undoubtedly survive, but will the supremely physical experience of playing the piano ever be the same?

The Interpretation of Piano Music (Classic Reprint)

Author : Mary Venable
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333784355
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (843 download)

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Download or read book The Interpretation of Piano Music (Classic Reprint) written by Mary Venable and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-29 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Interpretation of Piano Music From time to time, since July, 1902, much of the matter of this volume has appeared in The Musician, Boston, The Etude, Philadelphia, and The Courier, Cincinnati; but every paragraph has been carefully revised, and in many instances the original papers have been considerably amplified. The author wishes to acknowledge deep indebtedness to her honored master, Signor Albino Gorno, for many facts here embodied. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Layton Bros

Author : Layton Bros
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780656385959
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (859 download)

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Download or read book Layton Bros written by Layton Bros and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-12 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Artist at the Piano (Classic Reprint)

Author : George Woodhouse
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780260920416
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book The Artist at the Piano (Classic Reprint) written by George Woodhouse and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Artist at the Piano In parts I. And II. Of this little volume the irrationality of the rationalist attitude to the art of musical interpretation is discussed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Piano Technic for Children (Classic Reprint)

Author : Julia Lois Caruthers
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332176529
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (765 download)

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Download or read book Piano Technic for Children (Classic Reprint) written by Julia Lois Caruthers and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-29 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Piano Technic for Children This system is given in the following pages with such revisions and additions as have been suggested by use in the Class room. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Pianoforte and Its Acoustic Properties (Classic Reprint)

Author : Siegfried Hansing
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267975938
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (759 download)

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Download or read book The Pianoforte and Its Acoustic Properties (Classic Reprint) written by Siegfried Hansing and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Pianoforte and Its Acoustic Properties The study of music properly initiates its students only then when, together with the acquiring of technic, it arouses their souls by implanting in their minds a knowledge and conception of the tonal art. For piano makers also, there is such a study: it is the science of acoustics. The early violin makers pursued the study of acoustics after their fashion and they possessed a wonderful understanding of the undulations and vibrations of their instruments. All the old masters have probably passed through trying periods, in which they sought, by means of experiments, to further instruct themselves and increase their knowledge. They learned closely to observe and discriminate, gleaning from nature a definite method according to which they regulated their instruments. They must have understood the nature of their instruments thoroughly, being unable, however, to find scientific names to express the results of their experiments. Through untiring research and persistent experiments, they acquired and developed an acute sense of feeling and mental perception, which was of great assistance to them in their work and which is evidenced to day by the instruments preserved to us. Not a prescribed measuring of surface with a compasses, nor yet a copy of a model, guaranties the complete success of an instrument, but the sense of feeling must render material aid, since only he. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.