• Title: Piano Roles: Three Hundred Years of Life with the Piano
  • Author: James Parakilas and Others. Foreward by Noah Adams
  • Publisher: Yale University Press
  • Publishing Date: 1999
  • Edition:
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Pages: 461 including index
  • Illustrated: Yes
  • Interior Condition: Solid binding, complete and intact. Like New
  • Exterior Condition: Like New
  • Dust Jacket: Yes, Like New
  • Size: 4to
  • ISBN: 0-300-08055-7
  • Comments: Also included is a New York Times newspaper clipping review of this book, and a Lewiston Sun Journal newspaper article profile of the author who was a Bates College professor at the time of publication. Also included are two original photographs of historic pianos belonging to the previous owner, who was a Bates College colleague of the author. The book provides an exhaustive history of the piano and roles it has taken in the development of modern music. Explores areas of interest from the piano in the public performance to the piano in the parlor.