Piano forte : stories and soundscapes from colonial New Zealand / Kirstine Moffat.
"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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Dunedin, N.Z. :
Otago University Press,
2011.
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| Summary: | "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. |
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| Physical Description: | 275 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-256) and index. |
| ISBN: | 187737279X 9781877372797 |