Piano is used in all types of music - from classical to modern rock. But how did it come to be? In, “The Music of Life,” we discover Bartolomeo Cristofori, the inventor of the pianoforte, piano for short. This book tells the story of this musical invention and is peppered with facts from historical documents on each page. The end notes have interesting information about three of the original Cristofori builds and includes great “music of life,” song suggestions.