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The piano: a musical history

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4.3 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

For more than 300 years, the piano has captivated audiences, while composers have pushed the instrument’s boundaries. Susan Tomes, author of The Piano: A History in 100 Pieces, discusses some of the most impressive pieces of piano music ever written, and shares the stories of the composers who penned them.    (Ad) Susan Tomes is the author of The Piano: A History in 100 Pieces (Yale, 2021)   Buy it now from Waterstones: https://go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&xcust=historyextra-social-hexpod&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Fthe-piano%2Fsusan-tomes%2F9780300253924 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Just Between Us, the podcast with all of the answers, some of the time.

0:05.0

A bit of a different thing going on this week.

0:07.3

You've been immature and you've lied.

0:10.3

And now you're trying to turn it on me and manipulate me and gaslight me.

0:13.9

I was trying to manipulate you.

0:15.7

Diana, you would be chucking their clothes out of the window.

0:18.1

I know, I'd be like, are you joking?

0:20.6

I don't know.

0:21.6

I guess you'd have to ask.

0:23.6

Someone that has sex.

0:24.6

Someone that has sex.

0:25.6

And remember, it's just between us.

0:28.6

Hello and welcome to the History Extra podcast from BBC History Magazine, Britain's

0:45.6

best-selling history magazine.

0:55.9

I'm Ellie Cawthorne.

1:02.2

It's hard to think of a musical instrument with more enduring popularity than the piano.

1:07.0

For more than 300 years, pianists have captivated audiences,

1:11.0

while composers for piano have pushed the boundaries of music.

1:17.0

In her new book, The Piano, A History in a Hundred Pieces, the author and pianist Susan Tomes tells this story by highlighting some of the most impressive pieces of piano music

1:22.2

ever written and sharing the stories of the composers who penned them.

1:26.9

Susan will be launching the book with a concert at Wigmore Hall this Friday,

1:30.6

the 23rd of July, and I spoke to her to find out more.

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