An alluring exploration of the people and the legendary craftsmanship behind a single Steinway piano Like no other instrument, a grand piano melds engineering feats with the magical sounds of great music: the thunder of a full-throated bass, the bright, delicate trill of the upper treble. Alone among the big piano companies, Steinway still crafts all of its pianos largely by hand, imbuing each one with the promise and burden of its brand. In this...

Discusses pianos and how much fun it is to play them.

In 1962, in the Soviet Union, eight-year-old Katya is bequeathed what will become the love of her life: a Blüthner piano, built at the turn of the century in Germany, on which she discovers everything that she herself can do with music and what music, in turn, does for her. Yet after marrying, she emigrates with her young family from Russia to America, at her husband's frantic insistence, and her piano is lost in the shuffle. In 2012, in Bakersfield,...

This book is suitable for children and adults who want to learn to play the piano, electronic keyboard or electric organ.In this book you will learn to play these Sheet Music Pieces:When The Saint Go Marching In - TraditionalThe Blue Danube 1867 - J StraussCan Can 1858 - OffenbachBill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home - TraditionalCamptown Races 1850 - Stephen Collins FosterAll pieces are made up of single line treble clef sheet music with chord symbols....

On the day of her recital, ten-year-old Moxy prepares in her usual flamboyant way, which creates chaos at home.

A modern take on a classical icon: this original, entertaining, well-researched book uses the story of when, where, and how Chopin composed his most famous work, uncovering many surprises along the way and showing how his innovative music still animates popular culture centuries later. The Frédéric Chopin Annik LaFarge presents here is not the melancholy, sickly, romantic figure so often portrayed. The artist she discovered is, instead, a purely...

This is a Christmas sheet music book with 10 popular Christmas Carols. Each line of music contains three staves, one treble clef and two bass clefs and chord symbols for the single line players. Organist can read all three staves (top keyboard, lower keyboard and bass pedals). Keyboard players and Piano players can read right hand and left hand staves. The easiest way to play these carols is to read just right hand and chord symbols, this is ideal...