Easy To Understand! 4-Panel History of Piano Music: Romantic To the 20th Century

Composers, pianos, and history all connect at once!

Learning the history of the piano makes playing even more enjoyable! This second volume spans the period from the mid-Romantic period to the present day. Learn about the relationship between piano and composers, the trial and error and attention to detail involved in composing, and deepen your understanding of music and playing techniques. This comprehensive guide covers the golden age of the piano, when great piano composers like Chopin and Liszt flourished and instructional books like "Burgmüller," "Beyer," and "Hanon" appeared!

This book contains the same content as "Easy to Understand! 4-Panel Piano Music History: Romantic to the 20th Century" (ISBN: 9784636900927).

[Table of Contents] A Quick and Easy Piano Timeline

Piano Maker & Composer Map

Piano Structure and Names of Each Part

Romantic Period: The Piano Revolution Widen Range! Louder Sound! The piano was forced to undergo a structural revolution. Erard's groundbreaking invention: the double escapement. Chopin's beloved Pleyel piano. Chopin's life lived with the piano. Chopin's innovative pianism born from the piano keys. Chopin's piano music flourished in Parisian salons. The "piano magician" Liszt appears in Paris! The story of "La Campanella": revision after revision. Liszt ran through the 19th century with the piano! Virtuosos gathered in Paris. Can you become a better player with such a machine? Pianist Training Machine

Romantic Period: The Perfection of the Piano The Rise and Fall of the Viennese Piano Mendelssohn, Active in Leipzig, the City of Music Schumann, Who Entrusted Personal Emotions and Stories to the Piano The Piano Music of German Romantic Master Brahms Women Who Played and Composed the Piano Pedal Functions Were Standardized and Advanced Techniques Developed When the Piano Was Perfected, the Age of the Pianist Began French Piano Teaching Materials: Burgmüller and Hanon German Piano Teaching Materials: Beyer and Gurlitt

Modern Period: The Globalization of the Piano The Story of the Piano in the New World: Chickering's Cast Frame The Piano's Rapid Growth with the Advent of the Upright Steinway, Establishing the Standard for the Modern Piano A Sound Reminiscent of Vienna Bösendorfer Bechstein in Berlin and Britner in Leipzig The Russian Five and Tchaikovsky, who lived during the era of national music Saint-Saëns and Fauré, who paved the way for modern French piano music Smetana and Dvorak, Czech national music Modern Scandinavian and Italian national music Unique Spanish composers from Albéniz to Mompou

20th Century Piano Adventures Will the world of piano expand beyond genres? Seeking the old to discover the new: The revival of the harpsichord at the beginning of the 20th century Debussy, who opened the door to 20th-century music How Ravel discovered new piano tones The unorthodox musician Satie and the stylish Parisian Poulenc Bartok, who sublimated folk materials into modern piano music Composers who lived in Russia from the end of the century to the 20th century The birth of diverse piano music in the free country of America Atonality, twelve-tone technique, and New Objectivity The piano is a musical laboratory Composers at the mercy of French acoustic experiments and the establishment Cowell and Cage, pioneers of American experimental music The transforming piano: portable, furniture, automatic... The art of piano making has been passed down for 300 years

The Japanese Piano Japanese piano education began with Beyer Torakusu Yamaha and Koichi Kawai: The story of the birth of the piano in Japan

Column Kikuko Ogura's Piano Lesson (1) Chopin's playing technique as conveyed by Pleyel Kikuko Ogura's Piano Lesson (2) Schumann's poetic fantasy Kikuko Ogura's Piano Lesson (3) The charm of Mendelssohn Kikuko Ogura's Piano Lesson (4) The French piano with a touch of esprit

About the supervisor, author, and four-panel comic [Supervisor] Kikuko Ogura After graduating from Tokyo University of the Arts, she completed her graduate studies in piano at the same university. She graduated with honors from the Amsterdam Conservatory. She won the Japan Mozart Competition. Winner of the 1993 and 1995 Bruges International Early Music Competition. Has released over 40 CDs. Winner of the Grand Prize in the Recording Category at the 2013 Agency for Cultural Affairs Arts Festival. Her publications include the color illustrated "History of the Piano" (Kawade Shobo Shinsha). She is a part-time lecturer at the Tokyo University of the Arts' Department of Early Music.

[Author] Kudo Keiko Music writer and editor. Born in Tokyo. Graduated from the Department of Musicology at Musashino Academia Musicae. After working at a publishing company, she is now involved in writing, planning, and editing, primarily for music books.

[4-Panel Comic] Sudaka Yasuko An illustrator currently working on music magazines, music goods, corporate advertisements, and more. Her illustrations and covers for music-related books include "Beethoven's Keyboard Universe" (Natsume Publishing) and "New Edition: Famous Quotes from Musicians" (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings).