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Index
Cover
Other Books by This Author
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
Contents
Illustrations
Chapter 1: A Gathering of Traditions
Chapter 2: The Piano Is Born
Chapter 3: The First Piano Superstar
Chapter 4: Piano Fever
Chapter 5: Performers on the Road
Chapter 6: The Four Sounds
Chapter 7: The Combustibles
Part 1: The New Testament
Part 2: Still Setting Blazes
Chapter 8: The Alchemists
Part 1: Chemistry
Part 2: Shock and Awe
Chapter 9: The Rhythmitizers
Part 1: The American Adventure Begins
Part 2: All That Jazz
Part 3: Rock Solid or Teetering on the Brink
Chapter 10: The Melodists
Part 1: Straight from the Heart
Part 2: Breezy and Unflappable
Chapter 11: The Cultivated and the Vernacular
Chapter 12: The Russians Are Coming
Chapter 13: The Germans and Their Close Relations
Chapter 14: Keys to the World
Chapter 15: On the Cutting Edge
Chapter 16: Everything Old Is New Again
Appendix: Supplementary Notes
Contributor Biographies
Acknowledgments
Notes on Sources
Index
A Note About the Author
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