The First Fleet Piano: Volume One and Two

During the late eighteenth century, a musical–cultural phenomenon swept the globe. The English square piano—invented in the early 1760s by an entrepreneurial German guitar maker in London—not only became an indispensable part of social life, but also inspired the creation of an expressive and scinti...

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Main Author:	Lancaster, Geoffrey
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	ANU Press 2021
Subjects:	music first fleet social history piano thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1M Australasia, Oceania, Pacific Islands, Atlantic Islands::1MB Australia and New Zealand / Aotearoa::1MBF Australia thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AV Music::AVR Musical instruments thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHM Australasian and Pacific history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history
Online Access:	603164
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