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1 | Title | Author | Info | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Piano Lessons/Music Love and True Adventures | Adams | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Aspects de Chopin | Alfred Cortot | don't know if it is translated to English | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Bachanalia | Altschuler | guide to wtc | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Bad Boy of Music | Antheil | biography | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Pierce Piano Atlas | Ashley, Pierce | Piano business, manufacturing, serial numbers etc | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Notes on the Piano | Bacon | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | Interpreting Mozart | Badura-Skoda | ||||||||||||||||||
9 | Interpreting Bach at the Keyboard | Badura-Sokda | ||||||||||||||||||
10 | The Pianist's Repertoire | Bailie | graded practical guide with suggestions on study and performance | |||||||||||||||||
11 | Pianist's Guide to Pedaling | Banowetz | ||||||||||||||||||
12 | My Life in Music | Barenboim | Barenboim's experiences as a pianist and conductor. Interesting insights into the art of conducting. | |||||||||||||||||
13 | A Practical Guide to Solo Piano Music | Barnard | Lists, Lists, and more Liszts. This covers rough levels of advanced pieces. | |||||||||||||||||
14 | Piano - The Making of a Steinway Concert Grand | Barron | ||||||||||||||||||
15 | Harold Bauer, His Book | Bauer | biography | |||||||||||||||||
16 | Notes from a Pianist's Bench | Berman | technique, interpretation emotion | |||||||||||||||||
17 | The Loser | Bernhard | Fiction, Glenn Gould is one of the characters | |||||||||||||||||
18 | With Your Own Two Hands | Bernstein, S | pianists practical program for conquering nervousness, sharpening memory, concentration, coordination, flexibility | |||||||||||||||||
19 | Sergei Rachmaninoff a lifetime in music | Bertensson & Leyda | ||||||||||||||||||
20 | Wonders of the Piano | Bielefeldt | How pianos are made | |||||||||||||||||
21 | Under the Lid | Brady | Technician's advice on piano maintenance with fascinating anecdotes about pianists and concert prep. | |||||||||||||||||
22 | Alfred Brendel on Music: Collected Essays | Brendel | Lots of interesting thoughts by a great musician | |||||||||||||||||
23 | Musical Thoughts and Afterthoughts | Brendel | ||||||||||||||||||
24 | On Music | Brendel | ||||||||||||||||||
25 | Art of Practicing, The | Bruser | Suggestions for practicing with relaxation, all instruments | |||||||||||||||||
26 | Company of Pianos | Burnett | history of early pianos, early piano builders and firms / influence of early piano development on the output of the classical composers | |||||||||||||||||
27 | The Piano Shop on the Left Bank | Carhart | charming story | |||||||||||||||||
28 | Life, Paint and Passion | Cassou | Intuitive approach to creating, focus is on painting but applicable | |||||||||||||||||
29 | Just Being at the Piano | Chase | ||||||||||||||||||
30 | Speaking of Pianists | Chasins | Personal reflections on the great pianists of the early 20th century | |||||||||||||||||
31 | My Husband, Gabrilowitsch | Clemens | biography | |||||||||||||||||
32 | Body and Soul | Conroy | ||||||||||||||||||
33 | Great Pianists on Piano Playing | Cooke | Information and practical advice from great pianists + biographical sketches | |||||||||||||||||
34 | Playing the Piano for Pleasure | Cooke | 1940's - advice on how to practice. | |||||||||||||||||
35 | Piano | Crombie | Photographic history of the piano | |||||||||||||||||
36 | Art of the Piano | Diebboll | Beautiful pianos | |||||||||||||||||
37 | Evenings with Horowitz | Dubal | ||||||||||||||||||
38 | Chopin: Pianist and Teacher: As Seen by his Pupils | Eigeldinger, ed. | ||||||||||||||||||
39 | Passionate Practice | Elson | EH...Evolving your attitude about playing, tension, nerves and performing. | |||||||||||||||||
40 | A Music Study in Germany | Fay | Music scene of the late 1800's | |||||||||||||||||
41 | Piano Book | Fine | Piano construction, purchasing, brands | |||||||||||||||||
42 | Mastering Piano Technique | Fink | ||||||||||||||||||
43 | My Nine Lives: A Memoir of Many Careers in Music | Fleisher, Leon and Midgette, Anne | ||||||||||||||||||
44 | Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying a Piano | Flinn | ||||||||||||||||||
45 | The Craft of Piano Playing | Fraser | ||||||||||||||||||
46 | Life and Liszt | Friedhelm | Intoxicating memoir | |||||||||||||||||
47 | Music for the Piano | Friskin and Freundlich | guide to repertoire | |||||||||||||||||
48 | Memories of Beethoven: From the House of the Black-Robed Spaniards | Gerhard von Breuning | the personal notes of a man who was close to Beethoven as a child | |||||||||||||||||
49 | Famous Pianists and their Technique | Gerig | Overview of schools and approaches to technique | |||||||||||||||||
50 | Piano Girl | Goldsby | Amusing memoir, insights into piano playing | |||||||||||||||||
51 | Giraffes, Black Dragons and Other Pianos | Good | A technical history from Cristofori to the modern concert grand | |||||||||||||||||
52 | Notes of a Pianist | Gottschalk | Memoirs of a 19th century pianist | |||||||||||||||||
53 | I Really Should Be Practicing | Graffman | Autobiography | |||||||||||||||||
54 | Inner Game of Music | Green | Techniques for mastering nerves and tension | |||||||||||||||||
55 | Romance on Three Legs | Hafner | Biography Glenn Gould | |||||||||||||||||
56 | After the Golden Age: Romantic Pianism and Modern Performance | Hamilton | 19th century piano playing versus modern playing | |||||||||||||||||
57 | Cambridge Companion to Liszt | Hamilton ed. | ||||||||||||||||||
58 | Musical Ornaments | Harding | quite old, not date | |||||||||||||||||
59 | Rachmaninoff | Harrison | Biography | |||||||||||||||||
60 | Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire | Hinson | available online at http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/iol/ Review and levels for common piano pieces. This does cover advanced pieces. | |||||||||||||||||
61 | Piano Playing with Questions Answered | Hofmann | Great pianist's advice. | |||||||||||||||||
62 | Conversations with Arrau | Horowitz | ||||||||||||||||||
63 | The Ivory Trade: Music and the Business of Music at the Van Cliburn Competition | Horowitz | ||||||||||||||||||
64 | Piano Handbook Complete Guide | Humphries | Tutorial | |||||||||||||||||
65 | A Natural History of the Piano, the instrument, the music the musicians-from Mozart to modern Jazz | Isacoff | ||||||||||||||||||
66 | Temperament | Isacoff | ||||||||||||||||||
67 | The Piano Master Classes of Franz Liszt, 1884-1886: Diary Notes of August Göllerich | Jerger | ||||||||||||||||||
68 | Grand Obsession | Knize | Perri's journey to find the perfect piano | |||||||||||||||||
69 | Piano Technique | Leimer & Kieseking | technique, memorizing | |||||||||||||||||
70 | This is Your Brain on Music | Levitin | ||||||||||||||||||
71 | Basic Principles of Pianoforte Playing | Lhevinne | ||||||||||||||||||
72 | Dance and the Music of J.S. Bach | Little, Jenne, Jenne | Bach's dance music | |||||||||||||||||
73 | Ornamentation: A Question & Answer Manual | Lloyd-Watts, Bigler | How to perform ornaments for intermediate pianists | |||||||||||||||||
74 | Men, Women and Pianos | Loesser | History of pianos | |||||||||||||||||
75 | Beetoven's Letters | Ludwig van Beethoven | fascinating read,as close to LvB as we will ever get,free on Kindle | |||||||||||||||||
76 | Pianists Guide to Standard Teaching and Performance Literature, The | Magrath | Review and levels for common elementary to early advanced piano literature. Does not cover the advanced pieces. | |||||||||||||||||
77 | At the piano with Fauré | Marguerite Long | ||||||||||||||||||
78 | What Every Pianist Needs to Know About the Body | Mark | Alexander Technique and anatomy for pianists | |||||||||||||||||
79 | The Visible and Invisible in Pianoforte Technique | Matthay | Matthay's famous method -complete | |||||||||||||||||
80 | Improve Your Piano Playing | Meffin | Tips | |||||||||||||||||
81 | Me of All People: Alfred Brendel in Conversation with Martin Meyer | Meyer | ||||||||||||||||||
82 | Virtuosi: A Defense and a (Sometimes Erotic) Celebration of Great Pianists | Michell | Interesting, but highly opinionated and often catty look at... virtuoso pianists | |||||||||||||||||
83 | The Death of David Debrizzi | Micou | novel of a piano prodigy, told from the perspective of the prodigy's first teacher, full of biting wit | |||||||||||||||||
84 | Moriz Rosenthal in Word and Music: A Legacy of the Nineteenth Century | Mitchell and Evans | Fascinating | |||||||||||||||||
85 | My Life with the Great Pianists | Mohr | Personal reflections of a technician, caveat: heavy on religion. | |||||||||||||||||
86 | Sviatoslav Richter: Notebooks and Conversations | Monsaingeon | catnip for Richter fans | |||||||||||||||||
87 | A Pianist's Landscape | Montparker | memoir, reflection | |||||||||||||||||
88 | Am I Too Loud? | Moore | Memoirs of an accompanist | |||||||||||||||||
89 | Farewell Recital | Moore | Memoirs of an accompanist | |||||||||||||||||
90 | Furthermoore | Moore | Memoirs of an accompanist | |||||||||||||||||
91 | Poet's Love | Moore | Songs of Robert Schumann | |||||||||||||||||
92 | Schubert Song Cycles | Moore | ||||||||||||||||||
93 | Singer and Accompanist | Moore | Interpretation of 50 songs | |||||||||||||||||
94 | The Unashamed Accompanist | Moore | memoirs of an accompanist | |||||||||||||||||
95 | Art of Piano Playing, The | Neuhaus | Autobiographical and advice on technique | |||||||||||||||||
96 | The Pianist's Problems | Newman | ||||||||||||||||||
97 | Ecstacy and Tragedy of Genius Glenn Gould | Oswald | Biography, psychological study | |||||||||||||||||
98 | Piano Roles | Parakilas | Social history of the piano | |||||||||||||||||
99 | Tipbook - Piano: The Best Guide of Your Instrument | Pinksterboer | Lessons, practicing, jargon, history, etc. | |||||||||||||||||
100 | Sviatoslav Richter,pianist | Rasmussen, karl Aage | not the final word on Richter yet, but a decent bio |