Piano Roles: Three Hundred Years of Life with the Piano

This delightfully written book examines every aspect of the history of the piano over the past three hundred years. It deals with the piano's place in classical and popular music cultures, its meaning in different eras, its acceptance in all parts of the world, and images it has inspired in literature, art, and the movies. This new paperback edition includes 47 halftone illustrations. Winner of the 2000 Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers Boo...