Piano roles a new history of the piano / [electronic resource] :
James Parakilas with E. Douglas Bomberger ... [et al.].
- Yale Nota Bene, 2002.
- 1 online resource (ix, 391 p., [32] p. of plates) : ill.
"Originally published in a slightly different form in 2000 by Yale University Press"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-367) and index.
1700 to 1770s : the need for the piano / Designing, making, and selling pianos / 1770s to 1820s : the piano revolution in the age of revolutions / The piano lesson / 1820s to 1870s : the piano calls the tune / The concert and the virtuoso / 1870s to 1920s : the world's the limit / Hollywood's embattled icon / 1920s to 2000 : new voices from the old impersonator / Making the piano historical / James Parakilas -- Edwin M. Good, Cynthia Adams Hoover, Michael Chanan -- James Parakilas, Gretchen A. Wheelock -- James Parakilas ... [et al.] -- James Parakilas, Charlotte N. Eyerman -- Stephen Zank, Richard Leppert -- James Parakilas, Atsuko Hirai -- Ivan Raykoff with a preview by Michael Chanan -- James Parakilas, Mark Tucker, Michael Chanan -- James Parakilas. Afterword :