Piano 300 : celebrating three centuries of people and pianos / Cynthia Adams Hoover, Patrick Rucker, Edwin M. Good
- Bib ID:
- 538518
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Hoover, Cynthia A. (Cynthia Adams)
- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : National Museum of American History, Behring Center, Smithsonian Institution ; [California?] : NAMM-International Music Products Association, 2001
- 80 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0929847083
- Summary:
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"On March 8, 2000 the National Museum of American History opened Piano 300 in the Smithsonian's International Gallery in Washington, D.C. Celebrating the tricentennial of the piano's invention in Florence by Bartolomeo Cristofori, this remarkable exhibition was seen by more than 330,000 visitors from around the world during the course of a 20-month run. Part exhibition catalogue and part technical and social history of the piano, Piano 300: Celebrating Three Centuries of People and Pianos presents the exhibition's highlights: the innovative craftsmen, manufacturers, entrepreneurs, teachers, performers, and composers who helped make the piano the most popular musical instrument of modern times. Written by Smithsonian curators Cynthia Adams Hoover, Patrick Rucker, and Edwin Good, this volume presents rare composers' manuscripts and first editions tracing the wealth and diversity of music inspired by the instrument.
However, pride of place is given to the pianos themselves - those complex machines encased in handsome works of decorative art - including many from the Smithsonian's own distinguished Collection of Musical Instruments. Lavishly illustrated with more than 250 photographs, many in full color, Piano 300 captures the sweep and dimension of this highly successful tribute to one of Western culture's most beloved icons."--BOOK JACKET.
- Notes:
- "Compiled from the exhibition produced by the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian International Gallery, March 9, 2000-October 21, 2001."
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- Also Titled:
- Piano three hundred
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 2001
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