The fascinating history of the piano - the most important instrument, without which it is impossible to imagine music. The ingenious invention of Bartolomeo Cristofori, made by him at the beginning of the 18th century, and the unique performing technique of Jerry Lee Lewis; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as the first piano superstar and genius Glenn Gould, who did not like to perform Mozart's music; Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake & Palmer and the Finnish classic Jean Sibelius who inspired him - jazz, rock and academic music coexist in the book of pianist, composer and music critic Stuart Isakoff, illustrating an intriguing biography of the piano. * * *Stuart Isakoff - pianist, composer, music critic, teacher, founder of Piano Today magazine and regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal. His international bestseller, The Loud History of the Piano, is a biography of the instrument without which it is impossible to imagine music. Mozart and Beethoven meet here with Oscar Peterson and Jerry Lee Lewis and begin to speak to the reader in the universal language of notes and chords.* * *• A paradise for all piano lovers. — Booklist• Both informative and entertaining. Highly recommend. - Vladimir Ashkenazy• This book will make you fall in love with the three-legged miracle again and again... - BBC Music Magazine