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- Condition
- Book Title
- Erard
- Title
- Erard
- Subtitle
- A Passion for the Piano
- ISBN-10
- 019756531X
- EAN
- 9780197565315
- ISBN
- 9780197565315
- Genre
- Music Dance & Theatre
- Subject
- Business & Finance
- Release Year
- 2021
- Release Date
- 08/03/2021
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Erard : a Passion for the Piano
- Item Height
- 1.5in
- Item Length
- 5.9in
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Item Width
- 8.7in
- Item Weight
- 24 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 264 Pages
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Product Information
Sébastien Erard's (1752-1831) inventions have had an enormous impact on instruments and musical life and are still at the foundation of piano building today. Drawing on an unusually rich set of archives from both the Erard firm and the Erard family, author Robert Adelson shows how the Erard piano played an important and often leading role in the history of the instrument, beginning in the late eighteenth century and continuing into the final decades of the nineteenth. The Erards were the first piano builders in France to prioritise the more sonorous grand piano, sending gifts of their new model to both Haydn and Beethoven. Erard's famous double-escapement action, which improved the instrument's response while at the same time producing a more powerful tone, revolutionised both piano construction and repertoire. Thanks to these inventions, the Erard firm developed close relationships with the greatest pianist composers of the nineteenth century, including Hummel, Liszt, Moscheles and Mendelssohn. The book also presents new evidence concerning Pierre Erard's homosexuality, which helps us to understand his reluctance to found a family to carry on the Erard tradition, a reluctance that would spell the end of the golden era of the firm and lead to its eventual demise. The book closes with the story of Pierre's widow Camille, who directed the firm from 1855 until 1889. Her influential position in the male-dominated world of instrument building was unique for a woman of her time.
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
019756531x
ISBN-13
9780197565315
eBay Product ID (ePID)
9050025602
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Erard : a Passion for the Piano
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2021
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
264 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
5.9in
Item Height
1.5in
Item Width
8.7in
Item Weight
24 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ml694.A44 2021
Reviews
"Drawing on newly-discovered family archives, this vivid and fascinating book combines narrative verve and impeccable scholarship to tell the story of the Érards in an age of revolution and discovery, from Louis XVI to Queen Victoria. Their contributions to the harp and piano are with us today, as is the great music they inspired." -- Christopher Clarke, Early keyboard specialist and piano builder, "The text is replete with felicitous wordings ...This also makes it a very enjoyable, pleasant reading!" -- Marvin J. Ward, CVNC "This is a valuable book for music historians and those interested in the history of the piano and pianism in the 19th century." -- K. Boyd, CHOICE Connect, Vol. 59 No. 8 "Drawing on newly-discovered family archives, this vivid and fascinating book combines narrative verve and impeccable scholarship to tell the story of the Érards in an age of revolution and discovery, from Louis XVI to Queen Victoria. Their contributions to the harp and piano are with us today, as is the great music they inspired." -- Christopher Clarke, Early keyboard specialist and piano builder, "Drawing on newly-discovered family archives, this vivid and fascinating book combines narrative verve and impeccable scholarship to tell the story of the rards in an age of revolution and discovery, from Louis XVI to Queen Victoria. Their contributions to the harp and piano are with us today, as is the great music they inspired." -- Christopher Clarke, Early keyboard specialist and piano builder, "An excellent and eminently readable book." -- Tilman Skowroneck, Eighteenth-Century Music "The text is replete with felicitous wordings ...This also makes it a very enjoyable, pleasant reading!" -- Marvin J. Ward, CVNC "This is a valuable book for music historians and those interested in the history of the piano and pianism in the 19th century." -- K. Boyd, CHOICE Connect, Vol. 59 No. 8 "Drawing on newly-discovered family archives, this vivid and fascinating book combines narrative verve and impeccable scholarship to tell the story of the Érards in an age of revolution and discovery, from Louis XVI to Queen Victoria. Their contributions to the harp and piano are with us today, as is the great music they inspired." -- Christopher Clarke, Early keyboard specialist and piano builder, "The infusion of new perspectives and insights into the lives of the Erard brothers and their immediate family does much to position Adelson's new book as a meaningful and valuable contribution to Erard scholarship...Adelson's book, meticulously researched, is an accessible and enticing chronicling of the Erard family and their firm's history. Integrating the contents of a previously undiscovered archive with an already sizeable body of documentary evidence isno small feat. Adelson has produced a work that is deeply informative, yet flows with ease. With this wide appeal, it stands to become the go to volume for gaining understanding of the people andpianos behind the formidable Erard firm." -- Elly Langford, The Galpin Society Journal"An excellent and eminently readable book." -- Tilman Skowroneck, Eighteenth-Century Music"The text is replete with felicitous wordings ...This also makes it a very enjoyable, pleasant reading!" -- Marvin J. Ward, CVNC"This is a valuable book for music historians and those interested in the history of the piano and pianism in the 19th century." -- K. Boyd, CHOICE Connect, Vol. 59 No. 8"Drawing on newly-discovered family archives, this vivid and fascinating book combines narrative verve and impeccable scholarship to tell the story of the Érards in an age of revolution and discovery, from Louis XVI to Queen Victoria. Their contributions to the harp and piano are with us today, as is the great music they inspired." -- Christopher Clarke, Early keyboard specialist and piano builder"Erard is a valuable, welcome addition to historical business studies." -- Pheaross Graham, H-France Review Vol. 23"Erard: A Passion for the Piano provides an invaluable service in assembling and conveying a considerable wealth of background information concerning the Erard piano business and its historical context, details about the piano itself and Sébastien Erard's contribution to its development are sparse and unreliable. A definitive work on Erard and the piano remains to be written." -- Fred Sturm, Notes: the Quarterly Journal of the Music LibraryAssociation vol. 80, "This is a valuable book for music historians and those interested in the history of the piano and pianism in the 19th century." -- K. Boyd, CHOICE Connect, Vol. 59 No. 8 "Drawing on newly-discovered family archives, this vivid and fascinating book combines narrative verve and impeccable scholarship to tell the story of the Érards in an age of revolution and discovery, from Louis XVI to Queen Victoria. Their contributions to the harp and piano are with us today, as is the great music they inspired." -- Christopher Clarke, Early keyboard specialist and piano builder, "The infusion of new perspectives and insights into the lives of the Erard brothers and their immediate family does much to position Adelson's new book as a meaningful and valuable contribution to Erard scholarship...Adelson's book, meticulously researched, is an accessible and enticing chronicling of the Erard family and their firm's history. Integrating the contents of a previously undiscovered archive with an already sizeable body of documentary evidence is no small feat. Adelson has produced a work that is deeply informative, yet flows with ease. With this wide appeal, it stands to become the go to volume for gaining understanding of the people and pianos behind the formidable Erard firm." -- Elly Langford, The Galpin Society Journal"An excellent and eminently readable book." -- Tilman Skowroneck, Eighteenth-Century Music "The text is replete with felicitous wordings ...This also makes it a very enjoyable, pleasant reading!" -- Marvin J. Ward, CVNC"This is a valuable book for music historians and those interested in the history of the piano and pianism in the 19th century." -- K. Boyd, CHOICE Connect, Vol. 59 No. 8"Drawing on newly-discovered family archives, this vivid and fascinating book combines narrative verve and impeccable scholarship to tell the story of the Érards in an age of revolution and discovery, from Louis XVI to Queen Victoria. Their contributions to the harp and piano are with us today, as is the great music they inspired." -- Christopher Clarke, Early keyboard specialist and piano builder"Erard is a valuable, welcome addition to historical business studies." -- Pheaross Graham, H-France Review Vol. 23"Erard: A Passion for the Piano provides an invaluable service in assembling and conveying a considerable wealth of background information concerning the Erard piano business and its historical context, details about the piano itself and Sébastien Erard's contribution to its development are sparse and unreliable. A definitive work on Erard and the piano remains to be written." -- Fred Sturm, Notes: the Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association vol. 80, "The infusion of new perspectives and insights into the lives of the Erard brothers and their immediate family does much to position Adelson's new book as a meaningful and valuable contribution to Erard scholarship...Adelson's book, meticulously researched, is an accessible and enticing chronicling of the Erard family and their firm's history. Integrating the contents of a previously undiscovered archive with an already sizeable body of documentary evidence is no small feat. Adelson has produced a work that is deeply informative, yet flows with ease. With this wide appeal, it stands to become the go to volume for gaining understanding of the people and pianos behind the formidable Erard firm." -- Elly Langford, The Galpin Society Journal "An excellent and eminently readable book." -- Tilman Skowroneck, Eighteenth-Century Music "The text is replete with felicitous wordings ...This also makes it a very enjoyable, pleasant reading!" -- Marvin J. Ward, CVNC "This is a valuable book for music historians and those interested in the history of the piano and pianism in the 19th century." -- K. Boyd, CHOICE Connect, Vol. 59 No. 8 "Drawing on newly-discovered family archives, this vivid and fascinating book combines narrative verve and impeccable scholarship to tell the story of the Érards in an age of revolution and discovery, from Louis XVI to Queen Victoria. Their contributions to the harp and piano are with us today, as is the great music they inspired." -- Christopher Clarke, Early keyboard specialist and piano builder, "The infusion of new perspectives and insights into the lives of the Erard brothers and their immediate family does much to position Adelson's new book as a meaningful and valuable contribution to Erard scholarship...Adelson's book, meticulously researched, is an accessible and enticing chronicling of the Erard family and their firm's history. Integrating the contents of a previously undiscovered archive with an already sizeable body of documentary evidence is no small feat. Adelson has produced a work that is deeply informative, yet flows with ease. With this wide appeal, it stands to become the go to volume for gaining understanding of the people and pianos behind the formidable Erard firm." -- Elly Langford, The Galpin Society Journal"An excellent and eminently readable book." -- Tilman Skowroneck, Eighteenth-Century Music "The text is replete with felicitous wordings ...This also makes it a very enjoyable, pleasant reading!" -- Marvin J. Ward, CVNC"This is a valuable book for music historians and those interested in the history of the piano and pianism in the 19th century." -- K. Boyd, CHOICE Connect, Vol. 59 No. 8"Drawing on newly-discovered family archives, this vivid and fascinating book combines narrative verve and impeccable scholarship to tell the story of the Érards in an age of revolution and discovery, from Louis XVI to Queen Victoria. Their contributions to the harp and piano are with us today, as is the great music they inspired." -- Christopher Clarke, Early keyboard specialist and piano builder"Erard is a valuable, welcome addition to historical business studies." -- Pheaross Graham, H-France Review Vol. 23, "The infusion of new perspectives and insights into the lives of the Erard brothers and their immediate family does much to position Adelson's new book as a meaningful and valuable contribution to Erard scholarship...Adelson's book, meticulously researched, is an accessible and enticing chronicling of the Erard family and their firm's history. Integrating the contents of a previously undiscovered archive with an already sizeable body of documentary evidence is no small feat. Adelson has produced a work that is deeply informative, yet flows with ease. With this wide appeal, it stands to become the go to volume for gaining understanding of the people and pianos behind the formidable Erard firm." -- Elly Langford, The Galpin Society Journal "An excellent and eminently readable book." -- Tilman Skowroneck, Eighteenth-Century Music "The text is replete with felicitous wordings ...This also makes it a very enjoyable, pleasant reading!" -- Marvin J. Ward, CVNC "This is a valuable book for music historians and those interested in the history of the piano and pianism in the 19th century." -- K. Boyd, CHOICE Connect, Vol. 59 No. 8 "Drawing on newly-discovered family archives, this vivid and fascinating book combines narrative verve and impeccable scholarship to tell the story of the Érards in an age of revolution and discovery, from Louis XVI to Queen Victoria. Their contributions to the harp and piano are with us today, as is the great music they inspired." -- Christopher Clarke, Early keyboard specialist and piano builder "Erard is a valuable, welcome addition to historical business studies." -- Pheaross Graham, H-France Review Vol. 23, "The infusion of new perspectives and insights into the lives of the Erard brothers and their immediate family does much to position Adelson's new book as a meaningful and valuable contribution to Erard scholarship...Adelson's book, meticulously researched, is an accessible and enticing chronicling of the Erard family and their firm's history. Integrating the contents of a previously undiscovered archive with an already sizeable body of documentary evidence is no small feat. Adelson has produced a work that is deeply informative, yet flows with ease. With this wide appeal, it stands to become the go to volume for gaining understanding of the people and pianos behind the formidable Erard firm." -- Elly Langford, The Galpin Society Journal"An excellent and eminently readable book." -- Tilman Skowroneck, Eighteenth-Century Music "The text is replete with felicitous wordings ...This also makes it a very enjoyable, pleasant reading!" -- Marvin J. Ward, CVNC"This is a valuable book for music historians and those interested in the history of the piano and pianism in the 19th century." -- K. Boyd, CHOICE Connect, Vol. 59 No. 8"Drawing on newly-discovered family archives, this vivid and fascinating book combines narrative verve and impeccable scholarship to tell the story of the 'Erards in an age of revolution and discovery, from Louis XVI to Queen Victoria. Their contributions to the harp and piano are with us today, as is the great music they inspired." -- Christopher Clarke, Early keyboard specialist and piano builder"Erard is a valuable, welcome addition to historical business studies." -- Pheaross Graham, H-France Review Vol. 23
Table of Content
FiguresAbbreviationsEditorial noteErard family treeIntroductionAcknowledgements1. Making a harpsichord sound like a piano2. Founding a workshop3. Square pianos and piano-organs4. A modern business5. Harps, the Revolution and London6. The French grand piano7. Gifts for Haydn, Beethoven and many others8. Financial struggles9. Faster and louder: the double-escapement action10. Liszt and the introduction of the new piano11. Piano wars12. Family strains and secrets13. Mendelssohn and the Erards14. Passing the flame15. Camille Erard and the end of the Erard EmpireAfterwordNotesBibliography
Topic
History & Criticism, Genres & Styles / Classical, Musical Instruments / Piano & Keyboard
Lccn
2020-044181
Dewey Decimal
786.219092
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Music
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