The Piano: A History (Clarendon Paperbacks)

About this book

For more than a century the piano has occupied a dominant place in music and society. Here Ehrlich traces the instruments fascinating history from the fortepiano of Mozarts time and the Victorians "household orchestra and god " to the most sophisticated modern products of the Japanese manufacturers. Updated and revised by the author to include recent developments this book will captivate musicians historians and all lovers of the piano.