The piano [videorecording] : king of instruments / Tiger Aspect Productions for NVC Arts & Channel Four.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: FFH 10880 | Films for the Humanities & SciencesSeries: Howard Goodall's big bangsPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2000.Description: 1 videocassette (51 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. (VHS)ISBN:
  • 073652147X :
Other title:
  • Big bangs : turning points in music history
  • Turning points in music history
Uniform titles:
  • Howard Goodall's big bangs (Television program)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 786.2/09 21
Production credits:
  • Writer and producer, Howard Goodalls ; producer, Paul Sommers ; director, Justine Kershaw.
Summary: No instrument has been as important to the history of Western music as the piano. Since its invention in Florence three hundred years ago, the piano has become many things to many people -- a bridge between the worlds of classical and poplar music and the ultimate composer's companion. This program traces the ancestry of the instrument and the history of those composers who championed its use. From the concert hall to nightclubs and living rooms, the piano has become the instrument of choice throughtout the Western world.
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Writer and producer, Howard Goodalls ; producer, Paul Sommers ; director, Justine Kershaw.

No instrument has been as important to the history of Western music as the piano. Since its invention in Florence three hundred years ago, the piano has become many things to many people -- a bridge between the worlds of classical and poplar music and the ultimate composer's companion. This program traces the ancestry of the instrument and the history of those composers who championed its use. From the concert hall to nightclubs and living rooms, the piano has become the instrument of choice throughtout the Western world.

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