Temperament
How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization
Written by Stuart Isacoff
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: January 16, 2009
Price: $13.95
Few music lovers realize that the arrangement of notes on today’s pianos was once regarded as a crime against God and nature, or that such legendary thinkers as Pythagoras, Plato, da Vinci, Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, Newton and Rousseau played a role in the controversy. Indeed, from the time of the Ancient...
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Temperament
How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization
Written by Stuart Isacoff
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2003
Price: $13.95
Few music lovers realize that the arrangement of notes on today’s pianos was once regarded as a crime against God and nature, or that such legendary thinkers as Pythagoras, Plato, da Vinci, Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, Newton and Rousseau played a role in the controversy. Indeed, from the time of the Ancient...
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The Piano Shop on the Left Bank
Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier
Written by Thad Carhart
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2002
Price: $14.00
Walking his two young children to school every morning, Thad Carhart passes an unassuming little storefront in his Paris neighborhood. Intrigued by its simple sign—Desforges Pianos—he enters, only to have his way barred by the shop’s imperious owner. Unable to stifle his curiosity, he finally lands the proper introduction, and a...
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