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Thank you, Monica.


A Conversation on Music; Rubinstein,Anton;

A Music Study in Germany; Fay; (Music scene of the late 1800's)

After the Golden Age: Romantic Pianism and Modern Performance; Hamilton; (19th century piano playing versus modern playing)

Alfred Brendel on Music: Collected Essays; Brendel; (Lots of interesting thoughts by a great musician)

Alkan; The Music; Smith;

Am I Too Loud?; Moore (Memoirs of an accompanist)

An Amateur at the Keyboard…; Yates (History,accompanying, public music etc)

An Equal Music; Seth;

A Practical Guide to Solo Piano Music; Barnard (Lists, Lists, and more Liszts. This covers rough levels of advanced pieces.)

Art of Performance; Schenker; (performance, technique, practicing.)

Art of Piano Playing, The; Neuhaus; (Autobiographical and advice on technique)

Art of Practicing, The; Bruser; (Suggestions for practicing with relaxation, all instruments)

Art of Practicing, The; Whitton;

Art of the Piano; Diebboll; (Beautiful pianos)

Bad Boy of Music; Antheil; (biography)

Basic Principles of Pianoforte Playing Lhevinne;

Beethoven; Solomon; (Biography)

Body and Soul; Conroy;

Cambridge Companion to Liszt; Hamilton ed.;

Capture the Inspiration; Schmitz; (Kinesiology of piano playing)

Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying a Piano; Flinn;

Dance and the Music of J.S. Bach; Little, Jenne, Jenne; (Bach's dance music)

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)

Ecstacy and Tragedy of Genius Glenn Gould; Oswald; (Biography, psychological study)

Effortless Mastery; Werner;

Famous Pianists and their Technique; Gerig; (Overview of schools and approaches to technique)

Farewell Recital; Moore; (Memoirs of an accompanist)

French Pianism: A Historical Perspective; Timbrell; (Overview and interviews with French Pianists)

Furthermoore; Moore; (Memoirs of an accompanist)

Great Pianists, The; Schoenberg;

Grand Obsession; Knize; (Perri's journey to find the perfect piano)

Great Pianists on Piano Playing; Cooke; (Information and practical advice from great pianists + biographical sketches)

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.)

Harold Bauer, His Book; Bauer (biography)

Improve Your Piano Playing; Meffin; (Tips)

Inner Game of Music; Green; (Techniques for mastering nerves and tension)

Interpreting Bach at the Keyboard; Badura-Sokda;

I Really Should Be Practicing; Graffman; (Autobiography)

Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician; Wolff; (Biography)

Just Being at the Piano; Chase;

Life and Liszt; Friedhelm; (Intoxicating memoir)

Life, Paint and Passion; Cassou; (Intuitive approach to creating, focus is on painting but applicable)

Listening to the Twentieth Century; Ross; (historical and musical overview of 20th century composers, music, and the music scene)

Lives and Times of the Great Composers; Steen;

Lives of the Great Composers; Schonberg;

Men, Women and Pianos; Loesser; (History of pianos)

The Mephisto Waltz; Stewart: (horror novel about dying concert pianist who befriends a younger pianist who gave up professional aspirations)

Mozart: A Life; Solomon; (Biography)

Music at Your Fingertips; Slenczynska; (Piano advice for artist and amateur)

My Husband, Gabrilowitsch; Clemens; (biography)

My Life in Music; Barenboim; (Barenboim's experiences as a pianist and conductor. Interesting insights into the art of conducting.)

My Life with the Great Pianists; Mohr; (Personal reflections of a technician, caveat: heavy on religion).

My Many Years; Rubinstein; (Autobiography)

My Young Years; Rubinstein; (Autobiography)

Note by Note; Tunstall; (Memoirs of a piano teacher)

Notes from a Pianist's Bench; Berman; (technique, interpretation emotion)

Notes of a Pianist; Gottschalk; (Memoirs of a 19th century pianist)

On Piano Playing; Whiteside; (Combines "Indispensables of Piano Playing" and "Mastering the Chopin Etudes and Other Essays)

On Piano Playing; Sandor; (Practical program for developing physical skills essential to accomplished playing)

Ornamentation: A Question & Answer Manual; Lloyd-Watts, Bigler; (How to perform ornaments for intermediate pianists)

Passionate Practice; Elson; (Evolving your attitude about playing, tension, nerves and performing.)

The Perfect Wrong Note; Westney; (Advice on practice, nerves and performance. )

Pianist's Guide to Pedaling; Banowetz;

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.)

The Pianist's Problems; Newman;

The Pianist's Repertoire; Bailie; (graded practical guide with suggestions on study and performance)

Piano; Crombie; (Photographic history of the piano)

Piano Book; Fine; (Piano construction, purchasing, brands)

Piano Girl; Goldsby; (Amusing memoir, insights into piano playing)

Piano Handbook Complete Guide; Humphries; (Tutorial)

Piano Lessons/Music Love and True Adventures; Adams

Piano Notes; Rosen; (notes from a concert pianist)

Piano Playing with Questions Answered; Hofmann; (Great pianist's advice).

Piano Roles; Parakilas; (Social history of the piano)

The Piano Shop on the Left Bank; Carhart; (charming story)

Piano Technique; Leimer & Kieseking; (technique, memorizing)

Pierce Piano Atlas; Ashley, Pierce; (Piano business, manufacturing, serial numbers etc)

Playing Bach on the Keyboard - A Practical Guide; Troeger;

Playing the Piano for Pleasure; Cooke; (1940's - advice on how to practice.)

Poet's Love; Moore; (Songs of Robert Schumann)

Rachmaninoff; Harrison; (Biography)

Reminiscing with Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake, Robert Kimball and William Bolcom;

Romance on Three Legs; Hafner; (Biography Glenn Gould)

Schubert Song Cycles; Moore;

Singer and Accompanist; Moore; (Interpretation of 50 songs)

Speaking of Pianists; Chasins; (Personal reflections on the great pianists of the early 20th century)

Sviatoslav Richter: Notebooks and Conversations; Monsaingeon; (catnip for Richter fans)

This is Your Brain on Music; Levitin;

Tipbook - Piano: The Best Guide of Your Instrument; Pinksterboer; (Lessons, practicing, jargon, history, etc.)

The Unashamed Accompanist; Moore; (memoirs of an accompanist)

Under the Lid; Brady; (Technician's advice on piano maintenance with fascinating anecdotes about pianists and concert prep.)

The Visible and Invisible in Pianoforte Technique; Matthay; (Matthay's famous method -complete)

What Every Pianist Needs to Know About the Body; Mark; (Alexander Technique and anatomy for pianists)

With Your Own Two Hands; Bernstein, S; (pianists practical program for conquering nervousness, sharpening memory, concentration, coordination, flexibility)

Wonders of the Piano; Bielefeldt; (How pianos are made)

I haven't seen these mentioned yet, but both are good reads:

Conversations with Arrau by Joseph Horowitz

Chopin: a New Biography by Adam Zamoyski

They are out of print but can be obtained used at Amazon.com for around $2. Your local public library might have them on the shelf as well.

Enjoy,
Jonathan

The thread is still live!

I've been able to find many out-of-print books through Amazon or in used bookstores. Sometimes the price is steep, but it usually is worth it.

Thanks, Jonathan.


A Conversation on Music; Rubinstein,Anton;

A Music Study in Germany; Fay; (Music scene of the late 1800's)

After the Golden Age: Romantic Pianism and Modern Performance; Hamilton; (19th century piano playing versus modern playing)

Alfred Brendel on Music: Collected Essays; Brendel; (Lots of interesting thoughts by a great musician)

Alkan; The Music; Smith;

Am I Too Loud?; Moore (Memoirs of an accompanist)

An Amateur at the Keyboard…; Yates (History,accompanying, public music etc)

An Equal Music; Seth;

A Practical Guide to Solo Piano Music; Barnard (Lists, Lists, and more Liszts. This covers rough levels of advanced pieces.)

Art of Performance; Schenker; (performance, technique, practicing.)

Art of Piano Playing, The; Neuhaus; (Autobiographical and advice on technique)

Art of Practicing, The; Bruser; (Suggestions for practicing with relaxation, all instruments)

Art of Practicing, The; Whitton;

Art of the Piano; Diebboll; (Beautiful pianos)

Bad Boy of Music; Antheil; (biography)

Basic Principles of Pianoforte Playing Lhevinne;

Beethoven; Solomon; (Biography)

Body and Soul; Conroy;

Cambridge Companion to Liszt; Hamilton ed.;

Capture the Inspiration; Schmitz; (Kinesiology of piano playing)

Chopin, a New Biography; Zamoyski;

Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying a Piano; Flinn;

Conversations with Arrau; Horowitz;

Dance and the Music of J.S. Bach; Little, Jenne, Jenne; (Bach's dance music)

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)

Ecstacy and Tragedy of Genius Glenn Gould; Oswald; (Biography, psychological study)

Effortless Mastery; Werner;

Famous Pianists and their Technique; Gerig; (Overview of schools and approaches to technique)

Farewell Recital; Moore; (Memoirs of an accompanist)

French Pianism: A Historical Perspective; Timbrell; (Overview and interviews with French Pianists)

Furthermoore; Moore; (Memoirs of an accompanist)

Great Pianists, The; Schoenberg;

Grand Obsession; Knize; (Perri's journey to find the perfect piano)

Great Pianists on Piano Playing; Cooke; (Information and practical advice from great pianists + biographical sketches)

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.)

Harold Bauer, His Book; Bauer (biography)

Improve Your Piano Playing; Meffin; (Tips)

Inner Game of Music; Green; (Techniques for mastering nerves and tension)

Interpreting Bach at the Keyboard; Badura-Sokda;

I Really Should Be Practicing; Graffman; (Autobiography)

Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician; Wolff; (Biography)

Just Being at the Piano; Chase;

Life and Liszt; Friedhelm; (Intoxicating memoir)

Life, Paint and Passion; Cassou; (Intuitive approach to creating, focus is on painting but applicable)

Listening to the Twentieth Century; Ross; (historical and musical overview of 20th century composers, music, and the music scene)

Lives and Times of the Great Composers; Steen;

Lives of the Great Composers; Schonberg;

Men, Women and Pianos; Loesser; (History of pianos)

The Mephisto Waltz; Stewart: (horror novel about dying concert pianist who befriends a younger pianist who gave up professional aspirations)

Mozart: A Life; Solomon; (Biography)

Music at Your Fingertips; Slenczynska; (Piano advice for artist and amateur)

My Husband, Gabrilowitsch; Clemens; (biography)

My Life in Music; Barenboim; (Barenboim's experiences as a pianist and conductor. Interesting insights into the art of conducting.)

My Life with the Great Pianists; Mohr; (Personal reflections of a technician, caveat: heavy on religion).

My Many Years; Rubinstein; (Autobiography)

My Young Years; Rubinstein; (Autobiography)

Note by Note; Tunstall; (Memoirs of a piano teacher)

Notes from a Pianist's Bench; Berman; (technique, interpretation emotion)

Notes of a Pianist; Gottschalk; (Memoirs of a 19th century pianist)

On Piano Playing; Whiteside; (Combines "Indispensables of Piano Playing" and "Mastering the Chopin Etudes and Other Essays)

On Piano Playing; Sandor; (Practical program for developing physical skills essential to accomplished playing)

Ornamentation: A Question & Answer Manual; Lloyd-Watts, Bigler; (How to perform ornaments for intermediate pianists)

Passionate Practice; Elson; (Evolving your attitude about playing, tension, nerves and performing.)

The Perfect Wrong Note; Westney; (Advice on practice, nerves and performance. )

Pianist's Guide to Pedaling; Banowetz;

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.)

The Pianist's Problems; Newman;

The Pianist's Repertoire; Bailie; (graded practical guide with suggestions on study and performance)

Piano; Crombie; (Photographic history of the piano)

Piano Book; Fine; (Piano construction, purchasing, brands)

Piano Girl; Goldsby; (Amusing memoir, insights into piano playing)

Piano Handbook Complete Guide; Humphries; (Tutorial)

Piano Lessons/Music Love and True Adventures; Adams

Piano Notes; Rosen; (notes from a concert pianist)

Piano Playing with Questions Answered; Hofmann; (Great pianist's advice).

Piano Roles; Parakilas; (Social history of the piano)

The Piano Shop on the Left Bank; Carhart; (charming story)

Piano Technique; Leimer & Kieseking; (technique, memorizing)

Pierce Piano Atlas; Ashley, Pierce; (Piano business, manufacturing, serial numbers etc)

Playing Bach on the Keyboard - A Practical Guide; Troeger;

Playing the Piano for Pleasure; Cooke; (1940's - advice on how to practice.)

Poet's Love; Moore; (Songs of Robert Schumann)

Rachmaninoff; Harrison; (Biography)

Reminiscing with Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake, Robert Kimball and William Bolcom;

Romance on Three Legs; Hafner; (Biography Glenn Gould)

Schubert Song Cycles; Moore;

Singer and Accompanist; Moore; (Interpretation of 50 songs)

Speaking of Pianists; Chasins; (Personal reflections on the great pianists of the early 20th century)

Sviatoslav Richter: Notebooks and Conversations; Monsaingeon; (catnip for Richter fans)

This is Your Brain on Music; Levitin;

Tipbook - Piano: The Best Guide of Your Instrument; Pinksterboer; (Lessons, practicing, jargon, history, etc.)

The Unashamed Accompanist; Moore; (memoirs of an accompanist)

Under the Lid; Brady; (Technician's advice on piano maintenance with fascinating anecdotes about pianists and concert prep.)

The Visible and Invisible in Pianoforte Technique; Matthay; (Matthay's famous method -complete)

What Every Pianist Needs to Know About the Body; Mark; (Alexander Technique and anatomy for pianists)

With Your Own Two Hands; Bernstein, S; (pianists practical program for conquering nervousness, sharpening memory, concentration, coordination, flexibility)

Wonders of the Piano; Bielefeldt; (How pianos are made)

OK Deborah, Confess. Have you developed a chronic case of PBAS? (Piano book acquisition syndrome, that is.) You know the only cure is to have a supportive member of Piano World come over and pack up all your piano books. (We'd be happy to take all your sheet music too, if that is also becoming a problem.)

Ha! I admit, I am a bibliophile married to a biblophile. At my house we joke that our books are like rabbits - they seem to reproduce overnight and we are always running out of bookshelf space. My husband once planned a romantic weekend in New York City. When we got there, he said he had made plans for us to visit some museums and other venues, (deadpan face with a twinkle in his eye)...or would I like to go to used bookstores?? I grinned and off we went. We returned to the hotel with arms loaded with books acting like little kids cooing over lost friends.


If you touch my music, you will have to die.

Chopin: Pianist and Teacher: As Seen by his Pupils; Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger, ed.

Thank you pianozuki.




A Conversation on Music; Rubinstein,Anton;

A Music Study in Germany; Fay; (Music scene of the late 1800's)

After the Golden Age: Romantic Pianism and Modern Performance; Hamilton; (19th century piano playing versus modern playing)

Alfred Brendel on Music: Collected Essays; Brendel; (Lots of interesting thoughts by a great musician)

Alkan; The Music; Smith;

Am I Too Loud?; Moore (Memoirs of an accompanist)

An Amateur at the Keyboard…; Yates (History,accompanying, public music etc)

An Equal Music; Seth;

A Practical Guide to Solo Piano Music; Barnard (Lists, Lists, and more Liszts. This covers rough levels of advanced pieces.)

Art of Performance; Schenker; (performance, technique, practicing.)

Art of Piano Playing, The; Neuhaus; (Autobiographical and advice on technique)

Art of Practicing, The; Bruser; (Suggestions for practicing with relaxation, all instruments)

Art of Practicing, The; Whitton;

Art of the Piano; Diebboll; (Beautiful pianos)

Bad Boy of Music; Antheil; (biography)

Basic Principles of Pianoforte Playing Lhevinne;

Beethoven; Solomon; (Biography)

Body and Soul; Conroy;

Cambridge Companion to Liszt; Hamilton ed.;

Capture the Inspiration; Schmitz; (Kinesiology of piano playing)

Chopin, a New Biography; Zamoyski;

Chopin: Pianist and Teacher: As Seen by his Pupils; Eigeldinger, ed.;

Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying a Piano; Flinn;

Conversations with Arrau; Horowitz;

Dance and the Music of J.S. Bach; Little, Jenne, Jenne; (Bach's dance music)

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)

Ecstacy and Tragedy of Genius Glenn Gould; Oswald; (Biography, psychological study)

Effortless Mastery; Werner;

Famous Pianists and their Technique; Gerig; (Overview of schools and approaches to technique)

Farewell Recital; Moore; (Memoirs of an accompanist)

French Pianism: A Historical Perspective; Timbrell; (Overview and interviews with French Pianists)

Furthermoore; Moore; (Memoirs of an accompanist)

Great Pianists, The; Schoenberg;

Grand Obsession; Knize; (Perri's journey to find the perfect piano)

Great Pianists on Piano Playing; Cooke; (Information and practical advice from great pianists + biographical sketches)

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.)

Harold Bauer, His Book; Bauer (biography)

Improve Your Piano Playing; Meffin; (Tips)

Inner Game of Music; Green; (Techniques for mastering nerves and tension)

Interpreting Bach at the Keyboard; Badura-Sokda;

I Really Should Be Practicing; Graffman; (Autobiography)

Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician; Wolff; (Biography)

Just Being at the Piano; Chase;

Life and Liszt; Friedhelm; (Intoxicating memoir)

Life, Paint and Passion; Cassou; (Intuitive approach to creating, focus is on painting but applicable)

Listening to the Twentieth Century; Ross; (historical and musical overview of 20th century composers, music, and the music scene)

Lives and Times of the Great Composers; Steen;

Lives of the Great Composers; Schonberg;

Men, Women and Pianos; Loesser; (History of pianos)

The Mephisto Waltz; Stewart: (horror novel about dying concert pianist who befriends a younger pianist who gave up professional aspirations)

Mozart: A Life; Solomon; (Biography)

Music at Your Fingertips; Slenczynska; (Piano advice for artist and amateur)

My Husband, Gabrilowitsch; Clemens; (biography)

My Life in Music; Barenboim; (Barenboim's experiences as a pianist and conductor. Interesting insights into the art of conducting.)

My Life with the Great Pianists; Mohr; (Personal reflections of a technician, caveat: heavy on religion).

My Many Years; Rubinstein; (Autobiography)

My Young Years; Rubinstein; (Autobiography)

Note by Note; Tunstall; (Memoirs of a piano teacher)

Notes from a Pianist's Bench; Berman; (technique, interpretation emotion)

Notes of a Pianist; Gottschalk; (Memoirs of a 19th century pianist)

On Piano Playing; Whiteside; (Combines "Indispensables of Piano Playing" and "Mastering the Chopin Etudes and Other Essays)

On Piano Playing; Sandor; (Practical program for developing physical skills essential to accomplished playing)

Ornamentation: A Question & Answer Manual; Lloyd-Watts, Bigler; (How to perform ornaments for intermediate pianists)

Passionate Practice; Elson; (Evolving your attitude about playing, tension, nerves and performing.)

The Perfect Wrong Note; Westney; (Advice on practice, nerves and performance. )

Pianist's Guide to Pedaling; Banowetz;

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.)

The Pianist's Problems; Newman;

The Pianist's Repertoire; Bailie; (graded practical guide with suggestions on study and performance)

Piano; Crombie; (Photographic history of the piano)

Piano Book; Fine; (Piano construction, purchasing, brands)

Piano Girl; Goldsby; (Amusing memoir, insights into piano playing)

Piano Handbook Complete Guide; Humphries; (Tutorial)

Piano Lessons/Music Love and True Adventures; Adams

Piano Notes; Rosen; (notes from a concert pianist)

Piano Playing with Questions Answered; Hofmann; (Great pianist's advice).

Piano Roles; Parakilas; (Social history of the piano)

The Piano Shop on the Left Bank; Carhart; (charming story)

Piano Technique; Leimer & Kieseking; (technique, memorizing)

Pierce Piano Atlas; Ashley, Pierce; (Piano business, manufacturing, serial numbers etc)

Playing Bach on the Keyboard - A Practical Guide; Troeger;

Playing the Piano for Pleasure; Cooke; (1940's - advice on how to practice.)

Poet's Love; Moore; (Songs of Robert Schumann)

Rachmaninoff; Harrison; (Biography)

Reminiscing with Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake, Robert Kimball and William Bolcom;

Romance on Three Legs; Hafner; (Biography Glenn Gould)

Schubert Song Cycles; Moore;

Singer and Accompanist; Moore; (Interpretation of 50 songs)

Speaking of Pianists; Chasins; (Personal reflections on the great pianists of the early 20th century)

Sviatoslav Richter: Notebooks and Conversations; Monsaingeon; (catnip for Richter fans)

This is Your Brain on Music; Levitin;

Tipbook - Piano: The Best Guide of Your Instrument; Pinksterboer; (Lessons, practicing, jargon, history, etc.)

The Unashamed Accompanist; Moore; (memoirs of an accompanist)

Under the Lid; Brady; (Technician's advice on piano maintenance with fascinating anecdotes about pianists and concert prep.)

The Visible and Invisible in Pianoforte Technique; Matthay; (Matthay's famous method -complete)

What Every Pianist Needs to Know About the Body; Mark; (Alexander Technique and anatomy for pianists)

With Your Own Two Hands; Bernstein, S; (pianists practical program for conquering nervousness, sharpening memory, concentration, coordination, flexibility)

Wonders of the Piano; Bielefeldt; (How pianos are made)

This is an awesome book. I read it from cover to cover the first day I brought it home.

John

I have just seen this thread! Here are some additions to the list.

Company of Pianos; Burnett; Finchcocks Press (history of early pianos, based on the Finchcocks collection / history of early piano builders and firms / influence of early piano development on the output of the classical composers)

Giraffes, Black Dragons and Other Pianos; Good (A technical history from Cristofori to the modern concert grand)

The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven; Rosen

Piano - The Making of a Steinway Concert Grand; Barron

On Music; Alfred Brendel

The Mozart Companion; H C Robbins Landon & D Mitchell

Temperament; Isacoff

Broadwood by Appointment: a History; David Wainwright

This is becoming a Zombie thread. Thanks for the additions:



A Conversation on Music; Rubinstein,Anton;

A Music Study in Germany; Fay; (Music scene of the late 1800's)

After the Golden Age: Romantic Pianism and Modern Performance; Hamilton; (19th century piano playing versus modern playing)

Alfred Brendel on Music: Collected Essays; Brendel; (Lots of interesting thoughts by a great musician)

Alkan; The Music; Smith;

Am I Too Loud?; Moore (Memoirs of an accompanist)

An Amateur at the Keyboard…; Yates (History,accompanying, public music etc)

An Equal Music; Seth;

A Practical Guide to Solo Piano Music; Barnard (Lists, Lists, and more Liszts. This covers rough levels of advanced pieces.)

Art of Performance; Schenker; (performance, technique, practicing.)

Art of Piano Playing, The; Neuhaus; (Autobiographical and advice on technique)

Art of Practicing, The; Bruser; (Suggestions for practicing with relaxation, all instruments)

Art of Practicing, The; Whitton;

Art of the Piano; Diebboll; (Beautiful pianos)

Bad Boy of Music; Antheil; (biography)

Basic Principles of Pianoforte Playing Lhevinne;

Beethoven; Solomon; (Biography)

Body and Soul; Conroy;

Broadwood by Appointment: a History; Wainwright;

Cambridge Companion to Liszt; Hamilton ed.;

Capture the Inspiration; Schmitz; (Kinesiology of piano playing)

Chopin, a New Biography; Zamoyski;

Chopin: Pianist and Teacher: As Seen by his Pupils; Eigeldinger, ed.;

The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven; Rosen;

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)

Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying a Piano; Flinn;

Conversations with Arrau; Horowitz;

Dance and the Music of J.S. Bach; Little, Jenne, Jenne; (Bach's dance music)

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)

Ecstacy and Tragedy of Genius Glenn Gould; Oswald; (Biography, psychological study)

Effortless Mastery; Werner;

Famous Pianists and their Technique; Gerig; (Overview of schools and approaches to technique)

Farewell Recital; Moore; (Memoirs of an accompanist)

French Pianism: A Historical Perspective; Timbrell; (Overview and interviews with French Pianists)

Furthermoore; Moore; (Memoirs of an accompanist)

Giraffes, Black Dragons and Other Pianos; Good; (A technical history from Cristofori to the modern concert grand)

Great Pianists, The; Schoenberg;

Grand Obsession; Knize; (Perri's journey to find the perfect piano)

Great Pianists on Piano Playing; Cooke; (Information and practical advice from great pianists + biographical sketches)

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.)

Harold Bauer, His Book; Bauer (biography)

Improve Your Piano Playing; Meffin; (Tips)

Inner Game of Music; Green; (Techniques for mastering nerves and tension)

Interpreting Bach at the Keyboard; Badura-Sokda;

I Really Should Be Practicing; Graffman; (Autobiography)

Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician; Wolff; (Biography)

Just Being at the Piano; Chase;

Life and Liszt; Friedhelm; (Intoxicating memoir)

Life, Paint and Passion; Cassou; (Intuitive approach to creating, focus is on painting but applicable)

Listening to the Twentieth Century; Ross; (historical and musical overview of 20th century composers, music, and the music scene)

Lives and Times of the Great Composers; Steen;

Lives of the Great Composers; Schonberg;

Men, Women and Pianos; Loesser; (History of pianos)

The Mephisto Waltz; Stewart: (horror novel about dying concert pianist who befriends a younger pianist who gave up professional aspirations)

Mozart: A Life; Solomon; (Biography)

The Mozart Companion; Robbins, Landon, Mitchell;

Music at Your Fingertips; Slenczynska; (Piano advice for artist and amateur)

My Husband, Gabrilowitsch; Clemens; (biography)

My Life in Music; Barenboim; (Barenboim's experiences as a pianist and conductor. Interesting insights into the art of conducting.)

My Life with the Great Pianists; Mohr; (Personal reflections of a technician, caveat: heavy on religion).

My Many Years; Rubinstein; (Autobiography)

My Young Years; Rubinstein; (Autobiography)

Note by Note; Tunstall; (Memoirs of a piano teacher)

Notes from a Pianist's Bench; Berman; (technique, interpretation emotion)

Notes of a Pianist; Gottschalk; (Memoirs of a 19th century pianist)

On Music; Brendel;

On Piano Playing; Whiteside; (Combines "Indispensables of Piano Playing" and "Mastering the Chopin Etudes and Other Essays)

On Piano Playing; Sandor; (Practical program for developing physical skills essential to accomplished playing)

Ornamentation: A Question & Answer Manual; Lloyd-Watts, Bigler; (How to perform ornaments for intermediate pianists)

Passionate Practice; Elson; (Evolving your attitude about playing, tension, nerves and performing.)

The Perfect Wrong Note; Westney; (Advice on practice, nerves and performance. )

Pianist's Guide to Pedaling; Banowetz;

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.)

The Pianist's Problems; Newman;

The Pianist's Repertoire; Bailie; (graded practical guide with suggestions on study and performance)

Piano; Crombie; (Photographic history of the piano)

Piano Book; Fine; (Piano construction, purchasing, brands)

Piano Girl; Goldsby; (Amusing memoir, insights into piano playing)

Piano Handbook Complete Guide; Humphries; (Tutorial)

Piano Lessons/Music Love and True Adventures; Adams

Piano Notes; Rosen; (notes from a concert pianist)

Piano Playing with Questions Answered; Hofmann; (Great pianist's advice).

Piano Roles; Parakilas; (Social history of the piano)

The Piano Shop on the Left Bank; Carhart; (charming story)

Piano Technique; Leimer & Kieseking; (technique, memorizing)

Piano - The Making of a Steinway Concert Grand; Barron;

Pierce Piano Atlas; Ashley, Pierce; (Piano business, manufacturing, serial numbers etc)

Playing Bach on the Keyboard - A Practical Guide; Troeger;

Playing the Piano for Pleasure; Cooke; (1940's - advice on how to practice.)

Poet's Love; Moore; (Songs of Robert Schumann)

Rachmaninoff; Harrison; (Biography)

Reminiscing with Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake, Robert Kimball and William Bolcom;

Romance on Three Legs; Hafner; (Biography Glenn Gould)

Schubert Song Cycles; Moore;

Singer and Accompanist; Moore; (Interpretation of 50 songs)

Speaking of Pianists; Chasins; (Personal reflections on the great pianists of the early 20th century)

Sviatoslav Richter: Notebooks and Conversations; Monsaingeon; (catnip for Richter fans)

Temperament; Isacoff;

This is Your Brain on Music; Levitin;

Tipbook - Piano: The Best Guide of Your Instrument; Pinksterboer; (Lessons, practicing, jargon, history, etc.)

The Unashamed Accompanist; Moore; (memoirs of an accompanist)

Under the Lid; Brady; (Technician's advice on piano maintenance with fascinating anecdotes about pianists and concert prep.)

The Visible and Invisible in Pianoforte Technique; Matthay; (Matthay's famous method -complete)

What Every Pianist Needs to Know About the Body; Mark; (Alexander Technique and anatomy for pianists)

With Your Own Two Hands; Bernstein, S; (pianists practical program for conquering nervousness, sharpening memory, concentration, coordination, flexibility)

Wonders of the Piano; Bielefeldt; (How pianos are made)

It's a terrific thread! What's a zombie thread?

Perhaps it's a good thing - you know, an UNdead thread.

Like Currawong said, the thread refuses to die.

Deborah,

You might want to post a link to this thread in the Chopin subforum. I'm not seeing many books about Chopin in the above list. (or is it officially a Liszt?)

Rich

I assumed you meant the ABF topic "Just for those totally devoted to Chopin", so I posted there. Thanks for the idea.

In a few days, I'll see about adding the list to the Piano World FAQ section for posterity. Thanks to Deborah for a fantastic compilation!

Kreisler, that would be great! Members have contributed 106 book ideas. I'm sure there will be more coming too. I've got it saved on my computer as sortable Excel document. If you would prefer it in that form, let me know.

Thanks.

I was actually thinking about the Chopin subforum under the Composer's Lounge. I believe there is already another books thread in there.

I wasn't aware of this because it's a place I never visit. Perhaps you should be the one to post it since your "name" might be more recognizable?