The Piano-Forte: Its History Traced to the Great Exhibition of 1851

Harding, Rosamond E. M.

ISBN 10: 0306710846 / ISBN 13: 9780306710841

Published by Da Capo Press, Reading, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1973

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Small, light smudge on bottom edge. Previous owner's gift note to his Mom on inside front cover. Nice, tight copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Piano-Forte: Its History Traced to the Great Exhibition of 1851
• Publisher: Da Capo Press, Reading, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0306710846
• ISBN 13: 9780306710841
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Music and the Arts

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Synopsis

The invention and structural development of the instrument are viewed as a necessary response to the changing artistic ideals of the eighteenth century

Book Description

Originally published in 1933, this book provides a detailed history of the piano-forte from its invention in Italy in the eighteenth century until the presentation of the first European cast-iron frame for a piano at the 1851 Great Exhibition. Harding also analyses the role of the piano as a replacement for a chamber orchestra and its history as a domestic instrument.