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The Piano : king of instruments
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No other instrument has been as important to the history of Western music as the piano. Since its invention in Florence three hundred years ago, the piano has become many things to many people-a br...
No other instrument has been as important to the history of Western music as the piano. Since its invention in Florence three hundred years ago, the piano has become many things to many people-a bridge between the worlds of classical and popular music and the ultimate composer's companion. This program traces the ancestry of the instrument and the history of those composers who championed its use. From the concert hall to nightclubs and living rooms, the piano has become the instrument of choice throughout the Western world.
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- Creator
- NVC Arts (Firm)
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2006], c1999
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (51 min.) : sd., col., digital file
- digital
- video file
- ISBNs
- 9780736562966
- OCLC
- ocn707971145
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on July 22, 2006.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- History of the Piano (4:02) -- History of Stringed Instruments (4:22) -- Medici Family and Musical Invention (3:38) -- Bartolomeo Cristofori's Piano Forte (3:02) -- Popularity of the Piano in London (4:31) -- Mozart, Stein, and the Piano (4:04) -- Piano and the History of Song (4:04) -- Beethoven and the Piano (3:46) -- Gustav Mahler (3:17) -- Piano Music for the Common People (2:32) -- Debussy's Piano and Modernism (3:11) -- Syncopation, Ragtime, and Scott Joplin (5:08) -- Acoustic Piano vs. Electric Keyboard (1:41)