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10 produkter
Natural History of the Piano
The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians - from Mozart to Jazz and Everything in Between
E-bok, 2012
221 kr
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Stuart Isacoff - pianist, critic and teacher - explores the history and evolution of the piano: how its sound provides the basis for emotional expression and individual style, why it has so powerfully entertained generation upon generation of listeners. A Natural History of the Piano distills a …
A Natural History of the Piano: The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians--from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between
Häftad, 2012
275 kr
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Temperament
How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization
E-bok, 2009
158 kr
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Few music lovers realize that the arrangement of notes on today’s pianos was once regarded as a crime against God and nature, or that such legendary thinkers as Pythagoras, Plato, da Vinci, Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, Newton and Rousseau played a role in the controversy. Indeed, from the time of …
Natural History of the Piano
The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians--from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between
E-bok, 2011
126 kr
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A beautifully illustrated, totally engrossing celebration of the piano, and the composers and performers who have made it their own. With honed sensitivity and unquestioned expertise, Stuart Isacoff—pianist, critic, teacher, and author of Temperament: How Music Became a Battleground for the Great …
Temperament: How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization
Häftad, 2003
287 kr
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When the World Stopped to Listen
Van Cliburn''s Cold War Triumph, and Its Aftermath
E-bok, 2017
78 kr
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From the acclaimed author of The Natural History of the Piano, the captivating story of the 1958 international piano competition in Moscow, where, at the height of Cold War tensions, an American musician showed the potential of art to change the world. April of 1958--the Iron Curtain was at its …
Temperament
Häftad, 2007
146 kr
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The piano is the best loved of musical instruments, thanks in part to the elegant symmetrical design of its ivory and ebony keyboard that ensures each pitch is reliably equidistant from the next. But this 'equal temperament' tuning was once a hugely controversial notion. It is difficult now to …
When the World Stopped to Listen
Van Cliburn’s Cold War Triumph and Its Aftermath
Ljudbok, 2017
293 kr
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April of 1958—the Iron Curtain was at its heaviest, and the outcome of the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition seemed preordained. Nonetheless, as star musicians from across the globe descended on Moscow, an unlikely favorite emerged: Van Cliburn, a polite, lanky Texan whose passionate …
Una historia natural del piano
De Mozart al jazz moderno
E-bok, 2016
125 kr
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Un relato que nos presenta a Mozart tocando en los cafés de Viena; a Henri Herz divirtiendo a los mineros durante la fiebre del oro; a Liszt desmayándose en brazos de su ayudante mientras el público (femenino) enloquece y a Glenn Gould serrando las patas de su taburete y tarareando mientras toca. …
