TY - BOOK ID - 136160241 TI - The companion to The mechanical muse PY - 2007 SN - 1315614898 1317037669 1317037650 1281208388 9786611208387 075468671X 9780754686712 9781317037651 9781281208385 6611208380 9781317037668 9780754663119 0754663116 PB - Aldershot, Hampshire, England Burlington, VT Ashgate DB - UniCat KW - Piano music KW - Musicians KW - History and criticism. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:136160241 AB - This Companion is intended as a supplement to The Mechanical Muse: The Piano, Pianism and Piano Music, c.1760-1850. The book is laid out alphabetically and full biographical entries are provided for all musical figures mentioned, including composers, performers, theoreticians and teachers, as well as piano makers and publishers of music, within the period covered by The Mechanical Muse. As well as biographical information, entries contain lists of principal works, a section on further reading, descriptions of musical forms and characteristics of dances. This Companion is indispensable to users ER -