![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Debut novelist Patricia Morrisroe brings us The Woman in the Moonlight about the dynamic passion that inspired Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. For a change of pace, check out the riveting story of a concert pianist stricken with ALS in Every Note Played by New York Times bestselling author Lisa Genova.īarbara Linn Probst's second novel, The Sound Between the Notes, is a gripping story about second chances. Lee.ĭo you love jazz? The Jazz Palaceby Mary Morris is the story of a jazz pianist in boomtown 1920s Chicago. Read about a piano tuner in 1880s Burma in The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason, and a piano teacher in post-war Hong Kong in The Piano Teacherby Janice Y.K. Usually, that does the trick! My life-long love of the piano inspired me to write my second novel, A Woman of Note, which is included in this blog.īelow are eight of several novels listed on Art In Fiction that feature the piano. Often, when a plot issue plagues me, I go downstairs to my piano and lose myself in a few Bach inventions. My preferred composers are Bach and Haydn because they help me to think. I have been playing piano since I was five years old and I still play almost every day. No wonder numerous authors have been inspired by the piano and the people who play it. Its 88 black and white keys are capable of producing a dizzying array of sounds-from the crashing chords of a Beethoven sonata to the lightning speed and gossamer touch of jazz great Art Tatum. Since its invention in Italy around 1700, the piano-or pianoforte-has captivated and challenged musicians and composers. ![]()
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