The Piano: A History by Cyril Ehrlich
The author follows the piano's history, from the fortepiano of Mozart's time to the most sophisticated modern products of the Japanese manufacturers and looks at the professional musicians, the hire-purchase touts and fashionable ladies, amongst others.
`splendid volume.. remarkably complete and a formidable accomplishment. It will obviously become standard in its field.' Journal of Economic History
`Excellent and entertaining.' Times Literary Supplement
`Where this book will be useful to anyone in the early piano world is in its comprehensive list of makers and their dates, and to almost anyone is in its very detailed, very readable, and absorbing social history of the piano and its use in the 19th and 20th centuries... it's a must ...' FoMRHI
` Absorbingly interesting and easy to read.' Music and Letters
'the book is not weighed down by learning; the account of the worldwide establishment of the piano as the most essential of all home luxuries (and its subsequent disestablishment) is continually enthralling' Country Life
`... conspicuously informative and readable volume.' Wadham Sutton, Independent
`This book is as entertaining as it is comprehensive and informative. The hardback has become the standard work in its field and this revised paperback should reach a wide audience.' Trevor Herbert, Western Mail
'Of the changes, one of the most important is the inclusion of a completely new preface. Here, with his customary lucidity, Ehrlich discusses the explosion in the number of Japanese pianos now on the market and the recent influx of instruments from Korea. The revised bibliography will be of considerable value to many readers.' Elizabeth Norman Mckay, Music and Letters, Vol.72, No.1, February 1991
`What a delight it is to be required to read this book from cover to cover. Everything one expects from a history of the piano is here, written in a most lucid and readable style ... As you would expect from Oxford University Press, the book itself is well laid out and produced to a high standard.' Music Journal
`The reissuing of Ehrlich's History is to be greatly welcomed. It is a delightful examply of the economic and social historian's art, combining an elucidation of business history with an understanding of technological developments and an awareness of the nuances of changing social mores ... The book radiates enthusiasm and a love of the piano.' The Economic History Review
`This is a welcome reprint of a book which when first published in 1976 rapidly established itself as an authoritative account of the economic and social history of the piano. The book is a fine achievement and should be on the shelves of anyone at all interested in the subject.' Kenneth Mobbs, Galpin Society Journal
`Excellent and entertaining.' Times Literary Supplement
`Where this book will be useful to anyone in the early piano world is in its comprehensive list of makers and their dates, and to almost anyone is in its very detailed, very readable, and absorbing social history of the piano and its use in the 19th and 20th centuries... it's a must ...' FoMRHI
` Absorbingly interesting and easy to read.' Music and Letters
'the book is not weighed down by learning; the account of the worldwide establishment of the piano as the most essential of all home luxuries (and its subsequent disestablishment) is continually enthralling' Country Life
`... conspicuously informative and readable volume.' Wadham Sutton, Independent
`This book is as entertaining as it is comprehensive and informative. The hardback has become the standard work in its field and this revised paperback should reach a wide audience.' Trevor Herbert, Western Mail
'Of the changes, one of the most important is the inclusion of a completely new preface. Here, with his customary lucidity, Ehrlich discusses the explosion in the number of Japanese pianos now on the market and the recent influx of instruments from Korea. The revised bibliography will be of considerable value to many readers.' Elizabeth Norman Mckay, Music and Letters, Vol.72, No.1, February 1991
`What a delight it is to be required to read this book from cover to cover. Everything one expects from a history of the piano is here, written in a most lucid and readable style ... As you would expect from Oxford University Press, the book itself is well laid out and produced to a high standard.' Music Journal
`The reissuing of Ehrlich's History is to be greatly welcomed. It is a delightful examply of the economic and social historian's art, combining an elucidation of business history with an understanding of technological developments and an awareness of the nuances of changing social mores ... The book radiates enthusiasm and a love of the piano.' The Economic History Review
`This is a welcome reprint of a book which when first published in 1976 rapidly established itself as an authoritative account of the economic and social history of the piano. The book is a fine achievement and should be on the shelves of anyone at all interested in the subject.' Kenneth Mobbs, Galpin Society Journal
Cyril Ehrlich is author of The Music Profession in Britain since the Eighteenth Century: A Social History and Harmonious Alliance: A History of the Performing Right Society
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198161714 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198161719 |
| Title | The Piano: A History |
| Author | Cyril Ehrlich |
| Series | Clarendon Paperbacks |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1990-03-15 |
| Number of pages | 262 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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