Author: Closson, Ernest
Title: History of the Piano.
Description: Paul Elek, 1947. Hard Cover, Ill.: Jacques Closson. First English edition, translated by Delano Ames. 168pp, the war economy paper browning a little with age. Illustrated dustjacket with loss to the edges. B + w illustrations by Jacques Closson. Internally clean. The history of the piano from the earliest stringed instruments, through the clavichord and the harpsichord to the modern piano - showing how technical advances affected the composition of music, for example how a new method of tuning inspired Bach to write the 48 Preludes and Fugues... Very Good /Very Good.

Keywords: Piano, Music, History, History of Music


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