Recommended Readings:
Historical Development of the Piano
The Piano – The New Grove Musical Instruments Series – Phillip Belt
Early Keyboard Instruments A Practical Guide – David Rowland
The Cambridge Companion to Piano – David Rowland
Keyboard Instruments in 18th century Vienna – Richard Maunder
Five Centuries of Keyboard Music – John Gillespie
The Piano The Complete Illustrated Guide to the World’s most popular musical instrument – Jeremy Siepmann
The Piano-Forte Its History Traced to the Great Exhibition of 1851 – Rosamund Harding
Makers of the Piano 1700-1820 Vol 1 – Martha Novak Clinkscale
Makers of the Piano 1820-1860 Vol 2 – Martha Novak Clinkscale
Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments – C P E Bach
Piano Technique
Keyboard Interpretation from the 14 to the 19th Century: An Introduction – Howard Ferguson
The Craft of Piano Playing: A New Approach to Piano Technique – Alan Fraser
Touch and Expression in Piano Playing – Clarence G Hamilton
The Art of Piano Playing – Henrich Neuhaus
Famous Pianists and Their Technique – Reginald R Gerig
Piano Technique – Walter Gieseking and Karl Leimer
Piano Playing: With Questions and Answers – Josef Hofmann
The Leschetizky Method: A Guide to Fine and Correct Piano Playing – Malwine Bree
Leschetizky’s Fundamental Principles of Piano Technique – Malwine Bree
The Art of Playing the Pianoforte – Johann Nepomuk Hummel’s Complete Theoretical and Practical Course of Instructions
The Pianist’s Problem – William S Newman
On Piano Playing – Gyorgy Sandor
The Act of Touch in all Its Diversity – An Analysis and Synthesis of Pianoforte Tone- Production – Tobias Matthay
The First Principle of Pianoforte Playing – Extracted from the Author’s The Act of Touch – Tobias Matthay
Some Commentaries on the Teaching of Pianoforte Technique A Supplement to The Act of Touch and First Principle – Tobias Matthay
The Riddle of the Pianists Finger – Arnold Schultz
The Craft of Piano Playing: A New Approach to Piano Technique – Alan Fraser
The Art of Piano Playing : A Scientific Approach – George Kochevitsky
Piano Technique Tone, Touch, Phrasing and Dynamics – Lille H Phillip
Mozart and The Pianist- A Guide for Performer, Teacher to Mozart’s major works for solo piano – Michael Davidson
Touch and Expression in Piano Playing – Clarence G Hamilton
Piano Professional Series: The Foundations of Technique (Piano Solo) – Murray McLachlan
Piano Technique in Practice (Piano Solo) – Murray McLachlan
Mastering Piano Technique: A Guide for Students, Teachers and Performers – Seymor Fink
Master School of Virtuoso Piano Playing Volume 1: Finger Exercises – Alberto Jonas
Master School of Virtuoso Piano Playing Volume 2: Scales – Alberto Jonas
Piano Pedagogy
Musical Interpretation, Its Laws and Principles, and Their Application in Teaching and Performing – Tobias Matthay
The Art of Teaching Piano, The Classic Guide and reference book for all piano teacher – Denes Agay
Pianists Guide to Standard Teaching and Performance Literature – Jane Magrath
A Guide to Pianist’s Repertoire, Fourth Edition – Maurice Hinson and Weslie Robert
The Pianist’s Repertoire- Chopin A Graded Practical Guide – Elenor Bailie
Teaching Music Musically – Keith Swanwick
The Teacher – A Simple Guide to a daily life – Kevin Mayhew
England’s Piano Sage: The Life and Teaching of Tobias Matthay – Stephen Siek
Etudes of Piano Teachers: Reflections on the Teacher’s Art – Stewart Gordon
Performance Practice
The Art of Piano Fingering – Rami Bar- Niv
Natural Fingering: A Topographical Approach to Pianism – Jon Verbalis
The Art of Pedaling: Two Classic Guides – Anton Rubinstein and Teresa Carreno
The Pianist’s Guide to Pedaling – Joseph Banowetz
The Art of Pedaling: A Manual for the Use of of Piano Pedals – Heinrich Gebharb
Playing Beyond The Notes: A Pianist’s Guide to Musical Interpretation – Deborah Rambo Sinn
Ornamentation Questions and Answer Manual – Valery Lloyd-Watts, Carole L Bigler
A Performer’s Guide to Music of the Baroque Period – Various Author
A Performer’s Guide to Music of the Classical Period – Various Author
A Performer’s Guide to Music of the Romantic Period – Various Author
Performance Practices in Classic Piano Music: Their Principles and Application – Sandra P Rosenblum
A Performer’s Guide to Baroque Music – Robert Donington
The Practice Process – Paul Harris
The Practice Revolution – Phillip Johnston
Performance Practice: Music After 1600 – Howard Mayer Brown and Stanley Sadie
The Classical Piano Sonata from Haydn to Prokofiev – Michael Davidson
After the Golden Age – Romantic Pianism and Modern Performance – Kenneth Hamilton
The Art of Practicing: A Guide to Making music from the Heart – Madeline Bruser, Yehudi Menuhin
The Musician’s Way – A Guide to Practice, Performance, and Wellness – Gerald Klickstein
How to Practice Music – Andrew Eales
Interpretation
Essay on True Art of Playing the Keyboard Instrument – CPE Bach
Schnabel’s Interpretation of Piano Music – Konrad Wolff
Interpretation of the Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries – Arnold Dolmetsch
The Interpretation of Early Music – Robert Donington
Musical Interpretation – Tobbias Matthay
Music Education
The Perfect Wrong Note – Learning to Trust Your Musical Self – William Westney
The Teacher – A Simple Guide to a daily life – Nick Fawcett
The Mindful Pianist – Mark Tanner
Music From the Inside out – Charlotte Tomlinson
The Non Musician’s Guide to Parenting a Piano Player – Peter Walsh
More than Music Lessons: A Studio Teacher’s Guide to Parents, Practicing, Projects and Character – Merlin B. Thompson
The Inner Game of Music – Barry Green
The Inner Games of Tennis – Timothy Gallway
A Dictionary for Modern Pianist – Stephen Siek
The Piano Teacher’s Survival Guide – Anthony Williams
Note for Note – Howard Smith
General
A Pianist’s Dictionary: Reflections on a Life – Alan Hersh
A Pianist’s Dictionary – Maurice Hinson
Performance Practice: Dictionary Guide for Musician – Roland Jackson
The Oxford Companion to Music – Alison Latham
Musical Performance: A Guide to Understanding – Edited by John Rink
The Historical Performance of Music: An Intro – Edited by Colin Lawson & Robin Stowell
The Lives of the Great Composers – Harold C Shonberg
Great Pianists on Piano Playing: Godowsky, Hofmann, Lhevinne, Paderewski and 24 Other Legendary Performers – James Francis Cooke
The Great Piano Virtuoso of Our Time – Wilhem Von Lenz
Great Pianists of the Golden Age – Marguerite and Terry Broadbent
Sergei Rachmaninoff School of Musicianship and Technique: A Guide for Keyboard Performers – Dr. Andrew Adams
Speaking of Pianists – Abram Chasins
Great Contemporary Pianists Speaks for Themselves – Elyse Mach
Great Pianists Speaks – Adele Marcus
Piano Lesson with Claudio Arrau – Victoria A Von Arx
Piano Notes: The World of the Pianist – Charles Rosen
Playing Beyond The Notes: A Pianist’s Guide to Musical Interpretation – Deborah Rambo Sinn
Anthology of Baroque Keyboard Music Late Intermediate to Early Advance Work by 42 Composers – Edited by Maurice Hinson
Anthology of Classical Keyboard Music Late Intermediate to Early Advance Work by 27 Composers – Edited by Maurice Hinson
Anthology of Romantic Keyboard Music Late Intermediate to Early Advance Work by 36 Composers – Edited by Maurice Hinson
With Your Own Two Hands : Self-Discovery Through Music – Seymour Bernstein
For Children
Sebastian Bach, The Boy from Thuringia –
What’s So Great About Bach?: A Biography of Johann Sebastian Bach Just for Kids –
Johann Sebastian Bach (Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Composers) –
George Handel (Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Composers) – Mike Venezia
Why Handel Waggled His Wig – Steven Isserlis
The 39 Apartments of Ludwig Van Beethoven – Jonah Winter and Barry Blitt
Beethoven for Kids: His life and Music with 21 Activities (For Kids Series) – Helen Bauer
Ludwig Van Beethoven (Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Composers) – Mike Venezia
Ludwig Van Beethoven and the Chiming Tower Bells – Opal Wheeler and Sybil Deucher
Why Beethoven Threw Stew – Steven Isserlis
Beethoven’s Wig – Sing Along – Beethoven’s Wig
Beethoven’s Wig 2 – More Sing Along – Beethoven’s Wig
Beethoven’s Wig 3 – Many More Sing Along – Beethoven’s Wig
Beethoven’s Wig 4 – Dance Along – Beethoven’s Wig
Who was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart –
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Composers) – Mike Venezia
Federic Chopin (Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Composers) – Mike Venezia
Johannes Brahms (Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Composers) – Mike Venezia
Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite – Anna Harwell Celenza
The Heroic Symphony – Anna Harwell Celenza
The Farewell Symphony – Anna Harwell Celenza
The Carnival of the Animals – Camille Saint Sean – Jack Prelutsky
Saint-Saen’s Danse Macabre – Anna Harwell Celenza
Franz Schubert and his Merry Friend –
The Magic Flute – An Opera by Mozart – Adapted by Kyra Teis
Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf: With a Fully – Orchestrated and Narrated CD –
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