Author: Atherton, Michael.
Title: A Coveted Possession: The Rise and Fall of the Piano in Australia.
Description: Melbourne, Carlton La Trobe University Press / Black Inc., 2018. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos, black & white & sepia (brown tinted) photos, colour photos, minimal edgewear. 254 pp. About the cultural history of the piano in Australia. The book charts the piano's fascinating adventures across Australia - on the Goldfields, at the frontlines of war, in the manufacturing hubs of the Federation era, and in the hands of the makers, entrepreneurs, teachers and virtuosos of the 20th history. The piano was central to family and community life before electricity brought the gramophone, radio and television, and before present day technology took over. ISBN: 9781863959919

Keywords: performing arts, music, piano, australian history 9781863959919


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