The Piano - An Encyclopedia (Hardcover, 2nd edition)

This new edition of the award-winning encyclopedia has been thoroughly revised, updated and expanded to include new technological advances, scholarship and bibliographic information. An international team of distinguished specialists has contributed over 440 entries including information on everything from builders, composers, and important events to technical descriptions and research discoveries. Uniformly well-written and authoritative, this user-friendly guide will channel anyone's love for the instrument, through social, intellectual, art history and beyond into the electronic age.

Includes entries on:

70 Builders

65 Composers

Over 200 technical terms

History, by country and of the piano's evolution

Important developments, organizations and piano types

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Encyclopedia of Keyboard Instruments
Release date:	August 2003
First published:	2004
Editors:	Robert Palmieri
Dimensions:	280 x 210 x 36mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	552
Edition:	2nd edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-93796-2
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles > Keyboard instruments Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Encyclopaedias & reference works > Reference works > General Books > Music > Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles > Keyboard instruments Promotions
LSN:	0-415-93796-5
Barcode:	9780415937962

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