Men, Women and Pianos

Men, Women and PianosAs the "social anchor" in middle class homes of the nineteenth century, the piano was simultaneously an elegant piece of drawing room furniture, a sign of bourgeois prosperity, and a means of introducing the young to music. In this admirably balanced and leisurely account of the popular instrument, the late, internationally known concert pianist Arthur Loesser takes a "piano's eye view" of the recent social history of Western Europe and the United

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these compelling graphic novels feature more than 200 starkly beautiful woodcut illustrations

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Flowers of Evil is regarded as the poet's greatest work and perhaps the most influential book of French poetry ever written

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Reprint of House-of-the-Month Book of Small Houses

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