The Mechanical Muse: The Piano, Pianism and Piano Music, c.1760-1850
Derek Carew
Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2007
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Charts the piano's accession from musical curiosity to cultural icon, examining the instrument itself in its various guises as well as the music for which it was written. This work surveys the important pianistic genres of the period, showing how these changed from their received forms into vehicles of Romantic expressiveness.
- ISBN-13
- 9780859679695
- ISBN-10
- 0859679691
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Year
- 2007
- Publication date
- 2007-12-27
- Pages
- 668
- Dimensions
- 251x172x47
- Weight
- 1386