The Story of Music and Musicians

In a chapter on how to feel about practicing the piano, Lucy Lillie encourages the reader to think of the keys of the keyboard and the notes written on the page as characters, each with their own part to play, waiting to be brought to life. Through anecdotal stories of great composers such as Bach and Beethoven and brief histories of things such as the pianoforte and orchestra, this is precisely what Lillie attempts to do in this book - to bring music to life by telling the stories of the characters and objects that are a part of its history. For anyone leaning to play the piano or some other instrument, this fascinating book is sure to be enriching and inspirational.