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The first fleet piano : a musician's view / Geoffrey Lancaster.
- Title
- The first fleet piano : a musician's view / Geoffrey Lancaster.
- Author
- Lancaster, Geoffrey
- Publication
- Acton, ACT, Australia : ANU Press, The Australian National University, [2015]
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Not available - Please for assistance. | v.2 | Text | Request in advance | ML650 .L36 2015 v.2 | Off-site |
Not available - Please for assistance. | v.1 | Text | Request in advance | ML650 .L36 2015 v.1 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 2 volumes : illustrations (chiefly color); 25 cm
- Summary
- "On Sunday, 13 May 1787, a square piano departed from Portsmouth on board the Sirius, the flagship of the First Fleet, bound for Botany Bay. Who made the First Fleet piano, and when was it made? Who owned it? Who played it, and who listened? What music did the instrument sound out, and within what contexts was its voice heard? What became of the First Fleet piano after its arrival on antipodean soil, and who played a part in the instrument's subsequent history? Two extant instruments contend for the title 'First Fleet piano' ; which of these made the epic journey to Botany Bay in 1787-88? 'The First Fleet piano : a musician's view' answers these questions, and provides tantalising glimpses of social and cultural life both in Georgian England and in the early colony at Sydney Cove" -- Back cover.
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- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 9781922144645
- 1922144649
- 9781925022483
- 192502248X
- OCLC
- 936079989
- SCSB-9932861
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library