THE MUSIC OF LIFE Hardback

Music of Life: Bartolomeo Cristofori & the Invention of the Piano

Cristofori longs to have an instrument that can play as softly as gentle rain or as loudly as a booming thunderstorm, just like the music of life.

Award-winning author Elizabeth Rusch and Caldecott-winning illustrator Marjorie Priceman tell the inspiring story of the invention of the world's most popular and expressive instrument: the pianoforte (“soft/loud”).

The delightful text interweaves Italian music terms of expression, and includes fascinating notes on composer/pianists and pianos, old and new.
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