Research Catalog

Title

The Cambridge companion to the piano / edited by David Rowland.

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

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Additional Authors

Rowland, David (David E.), 1957-

Description

xiv, 244 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Series Statement

Cambridge companions to music

Subject

• Piano

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-237) and index.

Contents

The piano to c.1770 / David Rowland -- Pianos and pianists c.1770-c.1825 / David Rowland -- The piano since c.1825 / David Rowland -- The virtuoso tradition / Kenneth Hamilton -- Pianists on record in the early twentieth century / Robert Philip -- The acoustics of the piano / Bernard Richardson -- Repertory and canon / Dorothy de Val and Cyril Ehrlich -- The music of the early pianists (to c.1830) / David Rowland -- Piano music for concert hall and salon c.1830-1900 / J. Barrie Jones -- Nationalism / J. Barrie Jones -- New horizons in the twentieth century / Mervyn Cooke -- Ragtime, blues, jazz and popular music / Brian Priestley.

Call Number

JMF 99-914

ISBN

• 0521474701 (hb)
• 052147986X (pbk.)

LCCN

97041860 /MN

OCLC

38579973

Title

The Cambridge companion to the piano / edited by David Rowland.

Imprint

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Series

Cambridge companions to music

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-237) and index.

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Publisher description

Added Author

Rowland, David (David E.), 1957-

Research Call Number

JMF 99-914