Piano forte
Subtitle: stories and soundscapes from colonial New Zealand
By: Kirstine Moffat
Publisher: Otago University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Dunedin, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9781877372797
Subjects: Piano; History; Music; Social life and customs
Other titles: Pianoforte :
Description: "Piano forte ... draws on memoirs, diaries, letters, concert programmes, company records, fiction and visual images.  The stories end in 1930  when the increasing popularity of the phonograph, the radio and the introduction of the talkie movies were beginning to have a profound impact on people's leisure activities"-- Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-256) and index.