Men, Women and Pianos - A Social History

As the "social anchor" in middle-class homes of the 19th century, the piano was simultaneously an elegant piece of drawing-room furniture, a sign of bourgeois prosperity and a mean of introducing the young to music and entertaining their elders. In the admirably balanced and leisurely account of the popular instrument, the late, internationally known concert pianist Arthur Loesser takes a "piano's-eye view" of the recent social history of Western Europe and the United States.

About the author

American classical pianist and author Arthur Loesser (1894-1969) served on the faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Music from 1926 to 1969. He wrote program notes for the Cleveland Orchestra and liner notes for Vladimir Horowitz and other internationally famed musicians.

Product details

• Authors: Arthur Loesser
• Assisted by: Jacques Barzun (Photographs)
• Publisher: External catalogues US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1991
• EAN: 9780486265438
• ISBN: 978-0-486-26543-8
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 216 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Dover Books on Music; LIVRE SUR LA MU; Dover Books on Music; Dover Books on Music: History
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music