Temperament : How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western ...

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Author: Stuart Isacoff height: 0.7 in Item Width: 5.2 in Topic: History & Criticism, Philosophy & Social Aspects, Musical Instruments / Piano & Keyboard Item Length: 8 in Book Title: Temperament : How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization Item Height: 0.7 in Item Weight: 8.8 Oz width: 5.2 in Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Genre: Music Number of Pages: 288 Pages Format: Trade Paperback ISBN: 9780375703300 Illustrator: Yes Publication Year: 2003 Language: English

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Temperament : How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western .... Temperament : How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization, Paperback by Isacoff, Stuart, ISBN 0375703306, ISBN-13 9780375703300, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US An intriguing study of the development of the piano explores the eighteenth-century musical breakthrough that led to the creation of the modern piano keyboard, which offered a tuning in which each pitch is equidistant from the ones the precede and follow it, an innovation that greatly expanded the creative possibilities of classical composition. Reprint. 25,000 first printing. Temperament : How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization, Paperback by Isacoff, Stuart, ISBN 0375703306, ISBN-13 9780375703300, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US An intriguing study of the development of the piano explores the eighteenth-century musical breakthrough that led to the creation of the modern piano keyboard, which offered a tuning in which each pitch is equidistant from the ones the precede and follow it, an innovation that greatly expanded the creative possibilities of classical composition. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.