Isacoff Stuart. A Natural History Of The Piano. The Instrument, The Music, The Musicians From Mozart To Modern Jazz And Everything In Between

New York: Random House, 2011. — 317 p. — ISBN: 978-0-307-70142-8.Piano - history of the instrument and the development of piano music, outstanding masters.A Gathering of Traditions
The Piano Is Born
The First Piano Superstar
Piano Fever
Performers on the Road
The Four Sounds
The Combustibles
The New Testament
Still Setting Blazes
The Alchemists
Chemistry
Shock and Awe
The Rhythmitizers
The American Adventure Begins.
All That Jazz
Rock Solid or Teetering on the Brink
The Melodists
Straight from the Heart
Breezy and Unflappable
The Cultivated and the Vernacular
The Russians Are Coming
The Germans and Their Close Relations
Keys to the World
On the Cutting Edge
Everything Old Is New Again
Appendix: Supplementary Notes
Contributor BiographiesNotes on Sources