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

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

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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.