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100	1		_aIsacoff, Stuart.
245	1	2	_aA natural history of the piano : _bthe instrument, the music, the musicians--from Mozart to modern jazz, and everything in between / _cStuart Isacoff.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bAlfred A. Knopf, _c2011.
300			_axv, 361 p. _bill. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aA gathering of traditions -- The piano is born -- The first piano superstar -- Piano fever -- Performers on the road -- The four sounds -- The combustibles -- The alchemists -- The rhythmizers -- The melodists -- The cultivated and the vernacular -- The Russians are coming -- The Germans and their close relations -- Keys to the world -- On the cutting edge -- Everything old is new again.
520			_aUnfolds the ongoing history and evolution of the piano and all its myriad wonders: how its very sound provides the basis for emotional expression and individual style, and why it has so powerfully entertained generation upon generation of listeners.
650		0	_aPiano _xHistory.
650		0	_aPiano music _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aPianists.
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