Dreams of Love: Playing the Romantic Pianist

by Ivan Raykoff

Book Overview

The Romantic pianist - the solo pianist who plays nineteenth-century piano music - has become an attractive figure in the popular imagination, considering the innumerable artworks, literary works, and films representing this performer's seductive allure. Dreams of Love pursues a wide-ranging interdisciplinary approach to understanding the romantic pianist as a cultural icon, focusing on the role of technology in producing and perpetuating this mythology...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199892679
• ISBN13: 9780199892679
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: OUP Us
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"