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The Lives of the piano /

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The Lives of the piano / edited by James R. Gaines. - 1st ed.. - New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, c1981.
viii, 214 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. Includes index. Content notes : The well-tempered revolution : a consideration of the piano's social and intellectual history / Anthony Burgess -- Enlightenment's gift to the age of romance : how the piano came to be / Annalyn Swan -- Of wood and iron wrought : the making of a Bösendorfer / Anthony Liversidge -- Finding the sound : portrait of a master technician / Dominique Browning -- Beyond playing : a composer's life with the piano / Ned Rorem -- Song and dance : the American way of pianism / William Bolcom -- The ordeal of growth : confessions of a former prodigy / Samuel Lipman -- Pianists in their time : a memoir / Richard Sennett. 0030579740 : $35.00 9780030579745 * Piano - History. Piano - Construction. Pianists. Piano's. Pianomuziek. Pianisten. * Gaines, James R. * Title

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