Piano Makers in Russia in the Nineteenth Century

Auteur

Anne Swartz is professor of music at Baruch College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

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This book is a detailed study of the history of the piano in Russian society from its beginnings with the European entrepreneurs who settled in St. Petersburg in 1810, through Russian-owned family firms. The themes in this book range from the role of women as patrons and performers, to the economic transformation that benefited Russian piano manufacturers.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION 1. THE PIANO AS AN INSTRUMENT OF THE STATE 2. MARIA FEODOROVNA, THE PIANO AND THE ROLE OF WOMEN 3. ENTREPRENEURS AND ARTISANS: DIEDERICHS AND HIS COMPETITORS PLATE NO. 1 PLATE NO. 2 PLATE NO. 3 4. AN INDUSTRY MATURES AND EXPANDS 5. PIANOS, PATRONS, PERFORMERS AND COMPOSERS 6. THE PIANO AND SOCIETY BY MID-CENTURY 7. THE PIANO AND THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST 8. RUSSIAN PIANO ARTISANS IN THE CLOSING DECADES OF THE CENTURY PLATE NO. 4 PLATE NO. 5 9. THE PIANO IN RUSSIA AFTER 1917 10. A LEGACY APPENDIX BIBLIOGRAPHY ENDNOTES INDEX