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1967 studio album by the Beatles

This article is about the 1967 album. For other uses, see Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (disambiguation).

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (often referred to simply as Sgt. Pepper) is the eighth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. Released on 26 May 1967,^{[nb 1]}Sgt. Pepper is regarded by musicologists as an early concept album that advanced the roles of sound composition, extended form, psychedelic imagery, record sleeves, and the producer in popular music. The album had an immediate cross-generational impact and was associated with numerous touchstones of the era's youth culture, such as fashion, drugs, mysticism, and a sense of optimism and empowerment. Critics lauded the album for its innovations in songwriting, production and graphic design, for bridging a cultural divide between popular music and high art, and for reflecting the interests of contemporary youth and the counterculture.

At the end of August 1966, the Beatles had permanently retired from touring and pursued individual interests for the next three months. During a return flight to London in November, Paul McCartney had an idea for a song involving an Edwardian military band that for

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The Piano: A History in 100 Pieces 9780300262865

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THE PIANO

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YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS | NEW HAVEN & LONDON

Susan Tomes

A History in 100 Pieces

Copyright © 2021 Susan Tomes All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press) without written permission from the publishers. For information about this and other Yale University Press publications, please contact: U.S. Office: [email protected] yalebooks.com Europe Office: [email protected] yalebooks.co.uk Set in Arno Pro by IDSUK (DataConnection) Ltd Printed in Great Britain by TJ Books, Padstow, Cornwall Library of Congress Control Number: 2021935438 ISBN 978-0-300-25392-4 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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CONTENTS Author’s Note

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Introduction

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PRE-HISTORY: FROM HARPSICHORD TO PIANO 1 Johann Sebastian Bach, Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

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Italian Concerto, BWV 971

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Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord in E major, BWV 1016

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4 Domenico Scarlatti, Sonata in E major, K380, and an overview

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of other sonatas 5 Carl Philipp Emanuel Ba