Music librarian in Heritage Engagement, Marilyn Portman offers this two minute review of Piano forte : stories and soundscapes from colonial New Zealand by Kirstine Moffat.
Piano Forte focuses on the era in which the piano became of central significance in the private, social and cultural lives of many New Zealanders. It is a book composed of many voices, being based on memoirs, diaries, letters, concert programmes, company records and other accounts.
Find this book in the Library catalogue here: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2660776
Recorded from Lockdown - 17 February 2021.
