The Cambridge Companion to the Piano
- Editor: Rowland, David
Insight brought to the byways of nineteenth-century drawing-room life is one of the pleasures of dipping into this guide of the piano and its history —
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Contents
- List of figures
- List of music examples
- Notes on the contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Bibliographical abbreviations and pitch notation
- Introduction David Rowland
- Part I . Pianos and Pianists:
- 1. The piano to c.1770 David Rowland
- 2. Pianos and pianists c.1770-c.1825 David Rowland
- 3. The piano since c.1825 David Rowland
- 4: The virtuoso tradition Kenneth Hamilton
- 5: Pianists on record in the early twentieth century Robert Philip
- 6. The acoustics of the piano Bernard Richardson
- Part II . Repertory:
- 7. Repertory and canon Dorothy de Val and Cyril Ehrlich
- 8. The music of the early pianists (to c.1830) David Rowland
- 9. Piano music for concert hall and salon c.1830-1900 J. Barrie Jones
- 10. Nationalism J. Barrie Jones
- 11. New horizons in the twentieth century Mervyn Cooke
- 12. Ragtime, blues, jazz and popular music Brian Priestley
- Glossary
- Notes
- Select bibliography
- Index.
