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 | Men, Women and Pianos: A Social History (Dover Books on Music) (Reprint Edition) by Arthur Loesser, Edward Rothstein (Foreword), Jacques Barzun (Preface), Dover Publications Paperback, 672 Pages, Published 2011 ISBN-10: 0-486-26543-9 / 0486265439 ISBN-13: 978-0-486-26543-8 / 9780486265438 As the "social anchor" in middle-class homes of the nineteenth century, the piano was simultaneously an elegant piece of drawing-room furniture, a sign of bourgeois prosperity, and a means of introducing the young to music. In this admirably balanced and leisurely account of the popular instrument, | |