Project Gutenberg 2009-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 78 Glover, Ellye Howell 1868 13024139 How the Piano Came to Be Reading ease score: 67.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Meredith Bach and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "How the Piano Came to Be" by Ellye Howell Glover is a historical account written in the early 20th century, specifically in the early 1910s. This book traces the evolution of the piano from its primitive origins to its modern form, exploring the development of stringed instruments and the various musical innovations that led to the creation of the piano as we know it. The text delves into the cultural significance of the piano throughout history, highlighting its evolution as a central instrument in Western music. The content of the book provides a detailed narrative of the history and development of the piano, starting from ancient civilizations where stringed instruments first emerged. Glover describes various predecessors to the piano, like the lyre, harp, and clavichord, before detailing the significant innovations that contributed to the piano’s evolution, including the introduction of the hammer mechanism by Bartolomeo Christofori. The book also emphasizes key figures in the instrument's history and the slow acceptance of the piano in musical circles, contrasting it with older instruments such as the harpsichord. Ultimately, it celebrates the piano's rich heritage and its profound impact on music, culture, and personal expression throughout history. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Piano -- History ML Text Music Browsing: History - General Browsing: Music 78598 78607 2024-10-12T14:53:40.145463 2023-09-13T06:00:48.315367 text/html text/html 75031 2021-01-05T06:46:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1536799 2021-01-05T06:46:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1634854 2024-10-12T14:53:46.250433 application/epub+zip 1633504 2024-10-12T14:53:42.847459 application/epub+zip 115231 2024-10-12T14:53:41.017468 application/epub+zip 1732486 2024-10-12T14:53:48.790429 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1718068 2024-10-12T14:53:45.315429 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 164519 2022-09-13T14:33:57.662108 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 60131 59920 2024-10-12T14:53:39.475453 2023-09-13T06:00:47.869350 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 59908 2021-01-05T06:46:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 23544 2021-01-05T06:46:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 59901 2021-01-05T06:46:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 23524 2021-01-05T06:46:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21225 2024-10-12T14:53:48.935399 application/rdf+xml 12655 2024-10-12T14:53:41.857448 image/jpeg 3446 2024-10-12T14:53:41.477441 image/jpeg 1604852 2024-10-12T14:53:40.199445 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog