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    Stuart Isacoff, author portrait
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    Stuart Isacoff

    STUART ISACOFF is a pianist, writer, and the founder of Piano Today magazine, which he edited for nearly three decades. A winner of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for excellence in writing about music, he is a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal and many other leading publications. He is also the author of Temperament: How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization, A Natural History of the Piano, and When the World Stopped to Listen. He lives in Closter, New Jersey.  

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    Musical Revolutions
    Musical Revolutions
    How the Sounds of the Western World Changed
    Stuart Isacoff
    9780525658634
    $35.00 US
    Hardcover
    Jun 07, 2022
    Knopf
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    When the World Stopped to Listen
    When the World Stopped to Listen
    Van Cliburn's Cold War Triumph, and Its Aftermath
    Stuart Isacoff
    9780804170239
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Mar 06, 2018
    Vintage
    Grades AP/IB
    A Natural History of the Piano
    A Natural History of the Piano
    The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians--from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between
    Stuart Isacoff
    9780307279330
    $19.00 US
    Paperback
    Nov 20, 2012
    Vintage
    Grades AP/IB
    Temperament
    Temperament
    How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization
    Stuart Isacoff
    9780375703300
    $21.00 US
    Paperback
    Feb 04, 2003
    Vintage
    Grades AP/IB

    Books

    Musical Revolutions
    Musical Revolutions
    How the Sounds of the Western World Changed
    Stuart Isacoff
    9780525658634
    $35.00 US
    Hardcover
    Jun 07, 2022
    Knopf
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    When the World Stopped to Listen
    When the World Stopped to Listen
    Van Cliburn's Cold War Triumph, and Its Aftermath
    Stuart Isacoff
    9780804170239
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Mar 06, 2018
    Vintage
    Grades AP/IB
    A Natural History of the Piano
    A Natural History of the Piano
    The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians--from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between
    Stuart Isacoff
    9780307279330
    $19.00 US
    Paperback
    Nov 20, 2012
    Vintage
    Grades AP/IB
    Temperament
    Temperament
    How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization
    Stuart Isacoff
    9780375703300
    $21.00 US
    Paperback
    Feb 04, 2003
    Vintage
    Grades AP/IB

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