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Learn & Master Piano
CD / DVD Course

Superior instruction developed by Grammy award winning recording artist and musician, Will Barrow.

This program is top-notch and suitable for all levels, from absolute beginners to advanced professionals.
- 14 full-length, high quality DVDs
(computer not required)
- 5 full-length CDs
- CDs include 120 different jam tracks with REAL studio musicians, not generic sounding computer tracks
- Practice with our without piano track to simulate playing with a live band
- Adjust the tempo to play fast, medium or slow
- 110 page workbook with detailed lessons
- Online file library included (songs, music tracks, tips and tricks)
- Access to an online members forum to ask questions
- Unlimited online help

Piano Power:
A Breakthrough Approach To Improving Your Technique
by Richard Prokop

A systematic and logical way to technical ease & facility at the piano.








1,000 Keyboard Ideas
by Ronald Herder
Tips and tricks used by professional musicians to create their unique sounds -- by the best experts in the field. Each section contains dozens of articles on the topics of playing keyboards for more enjoyment and satisfaction.

20 Lessons in Keyboard Choreography
by Seymour Bernstein
Methodical and straight-forward instruction in the key principles of expressive piano playing.

Abby Whiteside on Piano Playing: Indispensables of Piano Playing & Mastering the Chopin Etudes and Other Essays
by Abby Whiteside

Afro-Cuban Keyboard Grooves
by Manny Patino
Unlock the secrets of the Afro-Cuban rhythmic feel by learning these fundamental Latin rhythms.

American Piano Trios
by Arno P. Drucker

The Art of the Piano: Its Performers, Literature and Recordings
David Dubal
As a basic handbook for piano enthusiasts, this is an informative and well-researched volume. The first section offers capsule biographies of pianists through history, alphabetically arranged, that assess the stylistic or pianistic traits of each. Recordings--or, in the case of historical figures, contemporary reports on playing styles--are cited for documentation. The second section presents a critical survey of the important piano literature, solo and concerto, with a selective discography for each, based on the author's comparative listening. Reference for those seeking information on American piano trio repertoire. Includes alphabetical entries for both well-known and more obscure composers ranging from the early 19th century to currently active artists. Short biographies of the composers and annotations on the pieces, including where they can be acquired, extant recordings, and some descriptive phrases or quotes. Also valuable are appendixes listing performing trios with contact information and a list of classical music websites.

The Art of Performance
by Heinrich Schenker
How musical compositions are realized in performance. Filled with concrete examples and numerous suggestions, the book will interest both music theorists and practicing performers. Schenker's approach is based on his argument that much of contemporary performance practice is rooted in the nineteenth-century cult of the virtuoso, which has resulted in an overemphasis on technical display. To counter this, he proposes specific ways to reconnect the composer's intentions and the musician's performance. He demonstrates how a literal interpretation of the composer's indications can be self-defeating, and he provides a lively discussion of piano technique, including suggestions for pedal, sound color, orchestral effects, and balance. He devotes separate chapters to non-legato, legato, fingering, dynamics, tempo, and rests.

The Art of Practicing: A Guide to Making Music from the Heart
by Madeline Bruser, Yehudi Menuhin (Foreword)
This landmark book enlightens amateur and professional musicians about a way of practicing that transforms a sometimes frustrating, monotonous, and overly strenuous labor into an exhilarating and rewarding experience.

The Athletic Musician
by Barbara Paull, Christine Harrison
An innovative approach that teaches musicians how to prevent and manage injuries, presented in a unique format that combines sound medical protocol with a musician's point of view.

Baroque Music, Style and Performance
by Robert Donington

Basic Principles in Pianoforte Playing
Josef Lhevinne

100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Piano/Keyboards (Book and CD)
by Andrew D. Gordon

Blues Hanon
by Leo Alfassy
These fingering techinques provide very good musical insight and finger practice for the aspiring blues musician.

Boogie Woogie Hanon
by Leo Alfassy

This is a workbook of patterns that are used frequently in boogie woogie songs, and are also a great basis for improvisation. Mastering the exercises in this book will give you a great leg up on sight-reading boogie woogie charts, boogie-izing other songs, and writing your own compositions.


Charlie Parker and Thematic Improvisation
by Henry Martin
Provides a new overall assessment of the importance of Charlie Parker through an analysis of his improvisations in a variety of genres. Sums up features of Parker's style and discusses his contribution in the context of Western music history. Numerous transcriptions are provided. This groundbreaking technical study will be of interest to musicologists and serious students of jazz.

Craft of Piano Playing: A New Approach to Piano Technique
by Alan Fraser
Presenting a new, comprehensive and highly original approach to piano technique with a fascinating series of exercises to help the reader put this approach into practice, this guide uses numerous musical examples and sketches to show how many common movement habits at the keyboard are counterproductive. Fraser provides a new way of manipulating the skeletal frame of the hand to produce astonishing sonic results from the instrument.

Dick Hyman's Professional Chord Changes and Substitutions for 100 Tunes Every Musician Should Know
by Dick Hyman

Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments
by William J. Mitchell (Editor), Carl P. Bach

Essays on Artistic Piano Playing and Other Topics
by Silvio Scionti
Topics range from "Basic Points in Fine Piano Playing" and "The Art of Pedaling" (both richly illustrated with musical examples) to "Memrizing Piano Music," "Silence-Its Use and Misuse," and "The Metronome-Its beneficial or Harmful Side."

Famous Pianists & Their Technique
by Reginald R. Gerig
Famous Pianists and Their Technique has been a standard in the field since its first publication in 1974. This widely used and acclaimed history of piano technical thought includes insights into the techniques of masters such as C.P.E. Bach, Bartók, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Clementi, Czerny, Debussy, Godowsky, Horowitz, Levinskaya, Leschetizky, the Lhevinnes, Liszt, Mozart, Prokofiev, Ravel, Rubinstein, and Schubert, among others. Called "the bible of piano technique" by Maurice Hinson, this book is a comprehensive resource for the student, teacher, and professional pianist who seek to discover the secrets of how the immortal professional pianists developed and polished their mechanical and musical technique.

A Guide to the Harpsichord
by Ann Bond
Care, maintenance...tuning of the instrument are covered here along with a discussion of articulation, ornamentation, repertoire, and performance practice.

Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire
by Maurice Hinson
For a quarter century, "the Hinson" has been indispensable for performers, teachers, and students. Now updated and expanded, the "New Hinson" is more useful than ever (with 120 more composers than before), guiding pianists to piano solo literature, for themselves and for their students. Maurice Hinson still answers the perennial questions of performers and teachers: What is available? How difficult is it? What are its special musical features? How can I reach the publisher?

Harpsichord & Clavichord Music of the Twentieth Century
by Frances Bedford
This bibliography gives essential information on some 5,400 works for harpsichord and 174 works for clavichord. In addition to solo compositions it cites a wide array of chamber, orchestra, vocal, dance, tape, and film music. Works are indexed by composers and titles, by performers who gave premieres, and by female composers.

Harpsichord Technique : A Guide to Expressivity
by Nancy Metzger

Haydn's Keyboard Music: Studies in Performance Practice
by Bernard Harrison

Comprehensive study of performance practice in Haydn's keyboard music. Bernard Harrison confronts the important issues facing any performer of this repertoire. He deals with the full range of the composer's keyboard work - concertos, divertimenti, concertini, trios, Klavierstucke, and sonatas - and emphasizes the connection between performance practice and compositional style.

A History of Keyboard Literature: Music for the Piano and Its Forerunners
by Stewart Gordon
A comprehensive and easily accessible history of literature for all stringed keyboard instruments.

A History of Pianoforte Pedalling
by David Rowland
Traces the history of piano pedalling from its beginnings in the eighteenth century to its first maturity in the middle of the nineteenth century and beyond. Examined through the technique and music of composers such as Beethoven, Liszt, and Chopin and follows the transition from harpsichord and clavichord to piano. The book also includes an appendix of translated extracts from three well-known piano-pedalling tutors.

How to Make Your Piano Sing Like a Violin: Perfecting Your Touch at the Piano
by Larry Greenfield

Images: The Piano Music of Claude Debussy
by Paul Roberts
Besides examining influences on Debussy, British pianist Roberts discusses technique for interpreting Debussy's music, giving performance tips for the 24 Preludes, the 83 etudes, and the pieces concerned with childhood and humor. Judicious use of the piano pedals, Roberts reminds, brings out the overtones and after tones that Debussy heard while composing. Advanced amateur pianists and sophisticated listeners will find this beautifully illustrated book very useful for understanding Debussy's piano music.

Interaction, Improvisation, and Interplay in Jazz
by Robert Hodson
Offers a new and exciting way to listen to and understand jazz. When describing a performance, most jazz writers focus on the improvised lines of the soloist and their underlying harmonic progressions. This approach overlooks the basic fact that when you listen to jazz, you almost never hear a single line, but rather a musical fabric woven by several musicians in real time. While it is often pragmatic to single out an individual solo line, it is important to remember that an improvised solo is but one thread in that fabric; and it is a thread supported by, responded to, and responsive of the parts being played by the other musicians in the group.

Intermediate Piano Repertoire: A Guide for Teaching
by Cathy Albergo, Reid Alexander

Interpreting Bach at the Keyboard
by Paul Badura-Skoda, Alfred Clayton (Translator)

Startling new insights into many different aspects of Bach's music. Conveys a passion for an informed interpretation of Bach's music based on a recognition and respect for Bach's actual intentions. Illustrated with musical examples, the book will take its place as a standard work for all students and performers of Bach's ever-popular keyboard music.


Interpreting Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier: A Performer's Discourse of Method
by Ralph Kirkpatrick

Jazz Piano Concepts & Techniques
by John Valerio

Keyboard Runs for the Pop & Jazz Stylist: Book & CD edition
by Noreen Grey Lienhard
Dozens upon dozens of runs and fills professional pianists use to add style to their performance. Includes various styles of runs such as: swing and society, blues, jazzy bebop, and contemporary. In addition, Noreen Grey Lienhard, one of today's pop pianists and arrangers, has demonstrated many of them on the enclosed CD in a special note-by-note slow versions, and at full tempo.

The Keyboard Scale Manual: A Complete Guide to Scales
by Leonard Vogler

The Keyboard Sonatas of Joseph Haydn: Instruments and Performance Practice, Genres and Styles
by Laszlo Somfai, Charlotte Greenspan (Translator)
A thorough study of Haydn's keyboard instruments and their development. After recommending instruments appropriate for modern use, he discusses performance practice and style, explains the peculiarities of Haydn's manuscripts in the context of eighteenth-century notation, and provides specific suggestions for playing ornaments, improvising, slurring, and dynamics.

The Leschetizky Method: A Guide to Fine and Correct Piano Playing
by Malwine Bree, Arthur Elson (Translator), Seymour Bernstein (Introduction)

Making Music: Improvisation for Organists
by Jan Overduin

Mastering Piano Technique: A Guide for Students, Teachers, and Performers
by Seymour Fink, Donald G. Bell (Illustrator)
Deals with specific movements both abstractly and within musical context, covering forearms, posture, shoulder-girdle, elbow, and hand and finger exercise.

Medieval and Renaissance Music: A Performer's Guide
by Timothy J. McGee

Mozart's Piano Concertos: Text, Context, Interpretation
by Neal Alexander Zaslaw

Musi-Physi-Cality: Making a Physical Connection to Musical Feeling for the Beginning Pianist
by Seymour Bernstein

Music for Piano: A Short History
by F. E. Kirby

In-depth survey of music for piano solo, focusing on the fine-art or classical tradition, for students and teachers at the advanced undergraduate and graduate levels. Overviews the literature on piano music from the 17th century to the late 20th century in its historical context, tracing the development of composers' styles, and discusses compositions for piano duet and two pianos. Includes music examples and b&w illustrations. An extensive bibliography contains some 1,100 sources.

Music for More than One Piano: An Annotated Guide
by Maurice Hinson
In an alphabetical listing by composer, Hinson describes more than 1,600 works for two or more keyboard instruments. He covers all the standard composers since 1700 and introduces contemporary composers of merit.

Music for Piano and Orchestra: An Annotated Guide
by Maurice Hinson

Music for the Piano: A Handbook of Concert and Teaching Material from 1580 to 1952
by James Friskin, Irwin Freundlich
Vast amount of piano literature, essentially all classical and modern piano music heard today and also lots of music little heard. For each piece, organized by composer and period, a short review is presented, intended to give the reader an idea of the piece's artistic value, technical difficulty, etc.

Music for Three or More Pianists
by Grant L. Maxwell
Hugely popular in the 19th century, and starting to regain popularity now, the literature for multiple pianos is relatively unknown. J.S. Bach began the history of keyboard music for three or more players around 1730; Mozart contributed to the literature. Other important composers-Czerny, Moscheles, Smetana, Glazunov, Rachmaninoff-continued the tradition for particular pianists and occasions...

Music for Two or More Players at Clavichord, Harpsichord, Organ
by Sally Jo Sloane (Compiler)
This unique reference source brings together a listing of more than 325 works for clavichord, harpsichord, and organ that are intended for two or more players. More than 220 composers are included, spanning the period from the 16th through the 20th centuries, and representing a wide variety of nationalities, styles, compositional techniques, and ensembles.

The Musician's Survival Manual: A Guide to Preventing and Treating Injuries in Instrumentalists
by Richard Norris M.D.

Nineteenth-Century European Piano Music: Unfamiliar Master Works
by John Gillespie (Editor)

Notes from the Pianist's Bench
by Boris Berman
Internationally known as a concert pianist and highly respected as a piano teacher, Boris Berman here offers a fascinating exploration of both piano technique and music interpretation. Berman combines explanations and practical advice with anecdotes about students, colleagues, and former teachers, along the way providing many insights into the psychological aspects of performing and teaching music.

On Piano Playing: Motion, Sound, and Expression
by Gyorgy Sandor

Perhaps the most outstanding written resource available to pianists pursuing efficient, effective, pain-free technique on their instrument. Sandor, a student of Bartok, provides a thorough and readable analysis of piano technique with ample diagrams, photographs, and musical samples. At every turn he displays a detailed understanding of human physiology and the means to use it to produce musical effect without excess strain, effort, or injury.

Organ Technique: Modern and Early
by George H. Ritchie, George B. Stauffer
The authors' new approach to learning two playing techniques offers a systematic method for mastering the modern, legato technique needed for organ music composed arter 1750, as well as an articulated technique for earlier works. Also present is useful information on accompanying anthems and solos, and on adapting piano and orchestral accompaniments to the organ.

Organ and Harpsichord Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog
by Adel Heinrich (Compiler)
Catalogs music for organ and harpsichord written by more than 700 women composers from 40 countries. Compiler Heinrich has expanded the organ and harpsichord repertoire to include choir and instruments accompanying organ and harpsichord. She provides detailed information about each work. In addition to biographies for each woman, Heinrich supplies listings of individual compositions, and includes descriptions and sources whenever possible.

Ovations & Encores: The Musician's Guide to Getting the Best Response from Your Audience
by Everett Reed
Ovations and Encores is the book for all musicians who want to learn and apply the fine art and technique of stage presence. It includes techniques that professional entertainers and musicians use to “turn tepid applause into a rousing standing ovation and cries for an encore.” Based upon the author’s 20 years of experience as a professional touring musician, Ovations and Encores is required reading for any performer who wants to be the very best.

Performance Practices in Classic Piano Music: Their Principles and Applications
by Sandra P. Rosenblum

Performance Success: Performing Your Best Under Pressure
by Don Greene, Julie Landsman
Teaches a set of skills so that a musician can be ready to go out and sing or play at his or her highest level, working with energies that might otherwise be wasted in unproductive ways. This is a book of skills and exercises, prepared by a master teacher.

Performing Twentieth-Century Music: A Handbook for Conductors and Instrumentalists
by Arthur Weisberg
This concise, straightforward handbook by the renowned conductor and instrumentalist Arthur Weisberg is the first practical manual to address the performance problems specific to twentieth-century music.

Pianists Guide to Blues, Jazz, and Melodic Improvisations
by Herb Drury








The Pianist's Guide to Pedaling
by Joseph Banowetz, Bernard McGinn

Pianist's Guide to Standard Teaching and Performance Literature
by Jane Magrath
Guide to the selection of piano literature from elementary through advanced repertoire. The coverage is comprehensive, representing four periods of music history. A solid guide for the experienced piano instructor as well as an important handbook for the beginning instructor. Also a dependable sourcebook for the advancing piano student.

The Pianist's Guide to Transcriptions, Arrangements, and Paraphrases
by Maurice Hinson

Piano Duet Repertoire: Music Originally Written for One Piano, Four Hands
by Cameron McGraw
A guide to works from 1,700 composers in a descriptive listing of works from 1760 to 1980 arranged alphabetically by composer.

Piano Exercises For Dummies
by David Pearl
The ideal hands-on reference for piano students who want to strengthen their skills and refine their technique.

The Piano in Chamber Ensemble: An Annotated Guide
by Maurice Hinson

Piano Music for One Hand
by Theodore Edel
In the first part of the book, Edel briefly surveys the literature on music for one hand and examines four exemplary pianists and composers. He then provides an alphabetical listing by composer of the repertoire in each category: solos, concertos, and chamber works. For each work, he details the publisher, date of composition or publication, length, level of difficulty, and style with biographical remarks and, in some cases, excerpts.

The Pianist's Problems: A Modern Approach to Efficient Practice and Musicianly Performance
by William S. Newman

Pianists on Playing
by Linda J. Noyle (Editor)
12 internationally-known keyboard artists entertainingly discuss their daily lives of practicing and performing in informative interviews, including reflections on learning new music, reviving repertoire, performing, controlling nerves, recording sessions, playing with ensemble groups, touring, playing in competitions, and the future of the piano.

Piano Interpretation of the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: A Study of Theory and Practice Using Original Documents
by Elena Letnanova
A late 20th-century pianist preparing to perform an 18th-century harpsichord piece might be aware that current theories of interpretation were developed in the late 19th century, and wonder if that approach accurately conveys the composer's intention. Here are translations of the ideas on the subject by Couperin, C.P.E. Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Liszt, and others, along with commentary. Of interest to music historians as well as to performers.

Piano Notes: The World of the Pianist
by Charles Rosen

From a professional's point of view, pianist Rosen carefully links the physical act of playing and the aesthetics of the music it produces, with movements of the fingers, arms, feet, and torso that introduce dance and gesture into the interpretation of music. He comments on the role of technique, which becomes routine and sublimated to how a score is interpreted; a hall's acoustics, audience interruptions, and the particular instrument played all affect a performance...

Piano Pieces
by Russell Sherman
Sherman, a virtuoso pianist himself, presents a succession of essays on matters ranging from technique and interpretation to perception and competitions: a collage of "pieces" or thoughts - concerning the hand, the piano, the music, the student, the parent, the mindset to musical apprenticeship, and a plethora of other significant issues confronting the life of a developing musician.

Piano Playing With Piano Questions Answered
by Josef Hofmann
Although Josef Hofmann was himself a phenomenal talent, he offers thoughtful answers to the simplest of piano questions, and guides the reader with a practical, common sense approach. The advice in this little book is timeless, and the pictures of Hofmann himself demonstrating correct and incorrect positions of the hand and body make this a pedagogical gem that his admirers will cherish.

Piano Performance Video Recordings on VHS: A Selected Catalog
by John Gillespie, Anna Gillespie

Piano Technique: Tone, Touch, Phrasing and Dynamics
by Lillie H. Philipp

Piano Technique Consisting of the Two Complete Books the Shortest Way to Pianistic Perfection and Rhythmics, Dynamics, Pedal and Other Problems of Piano Playing
by Walter Gieseking, Karl Leimer (Contributor)

The Piano Trio: Its History, Technique, and Repertoire
by Basil Smallman
Over the centuries, the piano trio has gained a repertoire of exceptional size and richness; works written for this genre include some of the greatest of all chamber works. The first study devoted solely to the piano trio, this book reviews the development of the trio in different countries within the context of general music history, and shows how it has reflected changes in style and technique from Mozart and Haydn to the avant-garde composers of today. Smallman focuses on the principal works in the trio repertoire, and provides clear analytical descriptions supplemented by musical examples.

Piano for the Developing Musician, Comprehensive Edition
by Martha Hilley, Lynn Freemen Olson

Tightly structured book focusing on skills that advanced students must know. Hilley's expert pedagogical approach takes full advantage of Olson's original music (written especially for this text), and the book aggressively pursues its musical goals. Together, the authors have created a compelling and consistent text that synthesizes keyboard skills, music theory, and creativity.

The Piano in Chamber Ensemble: An Annotated Guide
by Maurice Hinson

Planet Musician: The World Music Sourcebook for Musicians
by Julie Lyonn Lieberman
For any musician who wishes to augment his or her own style with that of other cultures. It contains practical information on scales, chords, and rhythms from around the world. By studing the examples and techniques contained throughout the text, and then employing these new skills while improvising along with the included CD, any instrumentalist will feel an immediate sense of expansion and improvement. The book also contains an extensive bibliography of additional world music-related source material.

Playing Keyboard Bass Lines: Left Hand Technique for Keyboards
by John Valerio
Book & CD edition

Playing the Beethoven Piano Sonatas
by Robert Taub
For anyone who plays the piano, Beethoven's 32 sonatas loom as the mighty peak of the repertoire. Taub, a concert pianist who has played them all, gives a performer's-eye view of the experience. Highly recommended for any pianist, amateur or professional, who wants to play Beethoven better.

The Professional Solo Pianist: Techniques for the Self-Contained Performance of Jazz and Popular Music
by Gene Rizzo

Learn the tricks of the trade with this complete resource for performing solo in any style: cocktail, stride, jazz, Latin-American, rock, pop, and more. Essential for every pianist.



Reflections from the Keyboard: The World of the Concert Pianist
by David Dubal
Interviews with over 45 concert pianists. In all of his interviews, Dubal discusses with each pianist matters of technique, performance, and interpretation, showing a deep understanding of the pianist's profession. This is a must-read for anyone who has ever been interested in the piano, the virtuosi or even the cult of the personality.

The Russian Piano School: Russian Pianists & Moscow Conservatoire Professors on the Art of the Piano
by Christopher Barnes (editor)

Secrets to Playing Piano By Ear
by Jermaine Griggs
Learn the secrets to playing literally any song on the piano with a few simple, easy-to-understand techniques and principles. Join Jermaine Griggs in learning tons of music theory, concepts, and tricks that will help you to learn piano by ear. Thousands of musicians have already taken advantage of this program.

Song: A Guide to Style and Literature
by Carol Kimball
A treasure chest of titles, valuable background information, and references that will serve many an individual singer, teacher, coach, or pianist.

Style and Interpretation: An Anthology of Keyboard Music: England and France
by Howard Ferguson

Sure Fire Piano Technique: Early Intermediate
Warner Brothers Publications
Volume 1 of a 3-volume program of proven technique classics. These are the tried-and-true drills that have served classical pianists for well over a century. Organized into a logical program to make building piano technique easier than ever.

Swing and Early Progressive Piano Styles
by John Mehegan, Horace Silver (Designer)

The third in a series of four volumes created between 1959 and 1965 by jazz pianist and instructor John Mehegan. This series is of the utmost historical importance for anyone with a serious interest in jazz piano. Uncovers the mysteries of the art of stride and bebop piano style.



Tantalizing Tingles
by Ross Laird
A discography documenting early (before 1935) solo piano recordings in the ragtime, jazz, stride, boogie, blues and novelty syncopated genres -- plus other non-classical piano recordings made during the same era. The majority of the listing consists of material which has never been published in any form. The volume includes piano solos, duets, trios, and quartets, as well as selected titles where a soloist is featured within a recording by a dance band or orchestra.

Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns
by Nicolas Slonimsky
For the serious musician, this challenging and comprehensive book of over 1300 scales and melodic patterns will definitely expand your musical vocabulary, no matter what instrument or musical style you play.

Tons of Runs: For the Contemporary Pianist
by Andy Laverne
A wide-ranging compendium of runs, licks, and lines found in the jazz vernacular, each written in three different keys, and presented in a straightforward style without ponderous analysis. Contains useful phrases derived from chord tones, passing tones, resultant scales, and scale-tone chords that piano players can use right away as vocabulary enhancers. These are the raw material and tools that piano players everywhere can use to polish their performance and improvisation skills, and even create new and more interesting ways to play the music they already know.

The Vienna Urtext Guide to Piano Literature
by Karl Heinz Fussl (Preface), Maurice Hinson (Introduction)
This book is a compilation of the front matter (thematic indexes, prefaces, notes on interpretation and so on) from the Vienna Urtext Edition's catalog. Written by various editors of piano solo and duet publications, the guide encompasses much of the standard piano repertoire from J.S. Bach to Paul Hindemith. The publisher has been long recognized as one of Europe's finest; in part it is the high quality of the notes on performance and interpretation that distinguishes Vienna Urtext editions from other scholarly texts.

Virtuosi: A Defense and a Celebration of Great Pianists
by Mark Mitchell
Both a detailed consideration of specific piano virtuosi, and a philosophically complex meditation on how we cope with the phenomenon of genius.

Ways of the Hand
by David Sudnow, Hubert L. Dreyfus
Sudnow creates an excitement in the discovery of why and how the hand can be the agent that delivers the inventions of any artist.

What Every Pianist Needs to Know About the Body
by Thomas Mark
Techniques on how to gain greater fluidity of movement while playing to improve the quality of the experience are offered in this manual for serious piano players. This book encourages musicians to develop a broader understanding of the involvement of the entire body in playing-and the strains playing places on the body-by focusing on body mapping to increase awareness of the body's function, size, and structure. Ways in which piano, organ, harpsichord, clavichord, and digital keyboard players can eliminate or prevent carpal tunnel syndrome and other debilitating conditions without traditional medical treatments are also explored.

With Your Own Two Hands: Self-Discovery Through Music
by Seymour Bernstein
Addresses the challenges facing all aspiring and accomplished pianists, and provides invaluable advice on how to tackle them. Topics include: Reasons For Practicing, Why You Do Practice, Why You Don't Practice, Concentration, Tempo-Rhythm-Pulse, Listening, You and the Piano and Choreography, Fulfillment through Performing: Performing, Memory and Nervousness.

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