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Has anyone read Alan Rusbridger's "Play it again"?
It is supposed to be the (real) story of an amateur pianist and busy journalist(editor at The Guardian I believe) who set out to learn and perform Chopin's Ballade No1 in one year. The book received had good reviews but I have not seen it around yet.
You can find a review here
http://crosseyedpianist.com/tag/chopin-ballades/

Based on the Amazon US and UK sites, it looks like it was released in the UK in January, but won't be released until Sept. 17 in the US.

Deborah,

"Playing The Piano For Pleasure" is out of print, but if one can find it in a used book store, it is excellent. Cooke not only provides great practice techniques and repertoire suggestions, but makes one feel like practicing and playing for others is so much fun. It is very positive and encouraging writing for us sometimes timid or reluctant amateur pianists.

Yes! -- and actually available on Amazon (although not real cheap) and there's also a kindle edition.

"The Ivory Trade: Music and the Business of Music at the Van Cliburn Competition" by Joseph Horowitz is a fascinating behind the scenes look at the 1989 Cliburn Competition.

"Me of All People: Alfred Brendel in Conversation with Martin Meyer." Terrifically interesting, this is a series of interviews with Brendel.

"Musical Thoughts and Afterthoughts," Alfred Brendel.

"Virtuosi: A Defense and a (Sometimes Erotic) Celebration of Great Pianists" by Mark Mitchell is an interesting, but highly opinionated and often catty look at what this particular author has deemed the virtuoso pianists. (He's not an Alfred Brendel fan.)

"Music at the Limits" by Edward Said. Said was the music critic for the New Republic and this is a collection of columns/articles he wrote for various publications; all are interesting; not all are piano-specific but many are.

"Musical Elaborations" by Edward Said.

"Evenings with Horowitz: A Personal Portrait" by David Dubal.

"Piano Pieces" by Russell Sherman.

"The Loser" by Thomas Bernhard is a novel with Glenn Gould as one of its characters.

And I'll echo a few others that have been mentioned:

I thoroughly enjoyed Leon Fleisher's memoir "My Nine Lives." In between chapters about his life, Fleisher inserts "Master Classes" where he talks about some of his favorite piano works and how he plays them.

Reading that inspired me to read Fleisher's teacher, Artur Schnabel's memoir, "My Life and Music."

"Chopin: The Reluctant Romantic" by Jeremy Siepmann is not only an excellent bio of Chopin, but it concludes with brief interviews with a whole slew of big name pianists talking about Chopin's music, how they play it and why.

"The Rest is Noise" by Alex Ross is a terrific read.

"My Life with the Great Pianists" by Mohr has interesting personal details about Horowitz in particular.

I'm not ignoring anyone. I'll update the list as soon as I have a moment...or you guys could do it yourselves by hitting "quick quote".

Might it be a better idea to create a document and post the link to the edited document instead of reposting the entire list of books? It makes the thread quite hard to read.

Forgive my techno-ignorance, but where would I post the document?

Any word processing program.

Notes on the Piano; Ernst Bacon (this book is to the piano, what Harvey Penick's Little Red Book is to golf)

Required reading for anyone who plays Liszt:

http://www.amazon.com/Piano-Master-...831041&sr=8-1&keywords=gollerich

I thought I could only link to something that is already on the internet. When I post a picture, I have to upload it to PW and they send me a link. Help?

No you don't. Let another site host it, or take it off the Internet, and insert that directly into your post, like so:

Deborah: I think most people are fine with how it is.

...but of course Mark must disagree with me.

Updated June 1, 2013. It would be much appreciated if you would save me time and update it yourself by hitting Quick Quote and inserting your entry.

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

A Natural History of the Piano, the instrument, the music the musicians-from Mozart to modern Jazz; Isacoff

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)

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

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

An Equal Music; Seth;

A Pianist's Landscape; Montparker (memoir, reflection)

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)

Aspects de Chopin; Alfred Cortot (don't know if it is translated to English)

At the piano with Fauré; Marguerite Long

Bachanalia Altschuler guide to wtc

Bad Boy of Music; Antheil; (biography)

Basic Principles of Pianoforte Playing Lhevinne;

Beethoven Remembered: The Biographical Notes of Franz Wegeler and Ferdinand Ries by Wegeler and Ries (recollections of Beethoven by his long-time friends)

Beethoven; Solomon; (Biography)

Beetoven's Letters; Ludwig van Beethoven (fascinating read; as close to LvB as we will ever get; free on Kindle)

Beethoven's Piano Sonatas, a short companion Rosen, Charles

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.;

Chopin: The Reluctant Romantic Siepmann an excellent bio of Chopin, but it concludes with brief interviews with a whole slew of big name pianists talking about Chopin's music, how they play it and why

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;

Conversation on Music, A; Rubinstein,Anton;

Conversations with Arrau; Horowitz;

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

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

Effortless Mastery; Werner;

Embellishments of Music Russell 1894

Evenings with Horowitz Dubal

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)

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)

Great Pianists, The; Schoenberg;

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)

I Really Should Be Practicing; Graffman; (Autobiography)

Improve Your Piano Playing; Meffin; (Tips)

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

Interpreting Bach at the Keyboard; Badura-Sokda;

Interpreting Mozart; Badura-Skoda

The Ivory Trade: Music and the Business of Music at the Van Cliburn Competition Horowitz

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;

The Loser Bernhard Fiction, Glenn Gould is one of the characters

Mastering Piano Technique; Fink;

Memories of Beethoven: From the House of the Black-Robed Spaniards by Gerhard von Breuning (the personal notes of a man who was close to Beethoven as a child)

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

Me of All People: Alfred Brendel in Conversation with Martin Meyer Meyer

Moriz Rosenthal in Word and Music: A Legacy of the Nineteenth Century; Mitchell and Evans fascinating

Mozart Wolfgang Hildesheimer  funny, witty, biography

Mozart: A Life; Solomon; (Biography)

Music at the Limits Said collection of columns/articles he wrote for various publications; all are interesting; not all are piano-specific

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

Music for the Piano Friskin and Freundlich guide to repertoire

Musical Elaborations Said

Musical Ornaments Harding quite old, not date

Musical Thoughts and Afterthoughts Brendel

My Husband, Gabrilowitsch; Clemens; (biography)

My Life and Music Schnabel Reminiscences on his career and studies with Leschetizky

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 Nine Lives: A Memoir of Many Careers in Music; Leon Fleisher and Anne Midgette

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)

Notes on the Piano Bacon

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; (EH...Evolving your attitude about playing, tension, nerves and performing.)

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.)

pianist's problems, The; William Newman

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

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

The Piano Master Classes of Franz Liszt, 1884-1886: Diary Notes of August Göllerich Jerger

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

Piano Pieces Sherman

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

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

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

Piano Works of Debussy Schmitz

Piano; Crombie; (Photographic history of the piano)

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

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

Playing the Beethoven Piano Sonatas; Taub;

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

Play It Again Rusbridger story of an amateur pianist and busy journalist who set out to learn and perform Chopin's Ballade No1 in one year.

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

Rachmaninoff; Harrison; (Biography)

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

The Rest is Noise Ross

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

Schubert Song Cycles; Moore;

Schumann on Music; Robert Schumann (selection from Schumann's critiques from his Neue Zeitshcrift days)

Sergei Rachmaninoff a lifetime in music Bertensson & Leyda

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)

Sviatoslav Richter; pianist; Karl Aage Rasmussen (not the final word on Richter yet, but a decent bio)

The Teaching of Artur Schnabel - A Guide to Interpretation Wolff

Temperament; Isacoff;

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

The Craft of Piano Playing; Fraser;

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)

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

The Mozart Companion; Robbins, Landon, Mitchell;

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

The Pianist's Problems; Newman;

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

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

The Rest is Noise; Listening to the Twentieth Century.; Ross; historical and musical overview of twentieth century composers, music, and the music scene.

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

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

This is Your Brain on Music; Levitin;

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

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

Virtuosi: A Defense and a (Sometimes Erotic) Celebration of Great Pianists Michell Interesting, but highly opinionated and often catty look at... virtuoso pianists

Virtuoso: Story of John Ogdon; Brenda Lucas Ogdon

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)

Oh no, you created this monster, now you must feed it.

Adding on "Alice's Piano - The Life of Alice Herz-Sommer." It's a biography written about Alice Herz-Sommer, the oldest living Holocaust survivor. She's an accomplished pianist that was sent to Theresienstadt, which was being used as a propaganda camp. She performed in at least 100 concerts while being held there. (Frank Baxter recently created this thread about her documentary.)







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

A Natural History of the Piano, the instrument, the music the musicians-from Mozart to modern Jazz; Isacoff

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)

Alice's Piano; The Life of Alice Herz-Sommer; Muller, Melissa and Piechocki, Reinhard

Alkan; The Music; Smith;

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

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

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

An Equal Music; Seth;

A Pianist's Landscape; Montparker (memoir, reflection)

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)

Aspects de Chopin; Alfred Cortot (don't know if it is translated to English)

At the piano with Fauré; Marguerite Long

Bachanalia Altschuler guide to wtc

Bad Boy of Music; Antheil; (biography)

Basic Principles of Pianoforte Playing Lhevinne;

Beethoven Remembered: The Biographical Notes of Franz Wegeler and Ferdinand Ries by Wegeler and Ries (recollections of Beethoven by his long-time friends)

Beethoven; Solomon; (Biography)

Beetoven's Letters; Ludwig van Beethoven (fascinating read; as close to LvB as we will ever get; free on Kindle)

Beethoven's Piano Sonatas, a short companion Rosen, Charles

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.;

Chopin: The Reluctant Romantic Siepmann an excellent bio of Chopin, but it concludes with brief interviews with a whole slew of big name pianists talking about Chopin's music, how they play it and why

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;

Conversation on Music, A; Rubinstein,Anton;

Conversations with Arrau; Horowitz;

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

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

Effortless Mastery; Werner;

Embellishments of Music Russell 1894

Evenings with Horowitz Dubal

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)

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)

Great Pianists, The; Schoenberg;

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)

I Really Should Be Practicing; Graffman; (Autobiography)

Improve Your Piano Playing; Meffin; (Tips)

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

Interpreting Bach at the Keyboard; Badura-Sokda;

Interpreting Mozart; Badura-Skoda

The Ivory Trade: Music and the Business of Music at the Van Cliburn Competition Horowitz

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;

The Loser Bernhard Fiction, Glenn Gould is one of the characters

Mastering Piano Technique; Fink;

Memories of Beethoven: From the House of the Black-Robed Spaniards by Gerhard von Breuning (the personal notes of a man who was close to Beethoven as a child)

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

Me of All People: Alfred Brendel in Conversation with Martin Meyer Meyer

Moriz Rosenthal in Word and Music: A Legacy of the Nineteenth Century; Mitchell and Evans fascinating

Mozart Wolfgang Hildesheimer  funny, witty, biography

Mozart: A Life; Solomon; (Biography)

Music at the Limits Said collection of columns/articles he wrote for various publications; all are interesting; not all are piano-specific

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

Music for the Piano Friskin and Freundlich guide to repertoire

Musical Elaborations Said

Musical Ornaments Harding quite old, not date

Musical Thoughts and Afterthoughts Brendel

My Husband, Gabrilowitsch; Clemens; (biography)

My Life and Music Schnabel Reminiscences on his career and studies with Leschetizky

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 Nine Lives: A Memoir of Many Careers in Music; Leon Fleisher and Anne Midgette

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)

Notes on the Piano Bacon

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; (EH...Evolving your attitude about playing, tension, nerves and performing.)

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.)

pianist's problems, The; William Newman

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

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

The Piano Master Classes of Franz Liszt, 1884-1886: Diary Notes of August Göllerich Jerger

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

Piano Pieces Sherman

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

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

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

Piano Works of Debussy Schmitz

Piano; Crombie; (Photographic history of the piano)

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

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

Playing the Beethoven Piano Sonatas; Taub;

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

Play It Again Rusbridger story of an amateur pianist and busy journalist who set out to learn and perform Chopin's Ballade No1 in one year.

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

Rachmaninoff; Harrison; (Biography)

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

The Rest is Noise Ross

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

Schubert Song Cycles; Moore;

Schumann on Music; Robert Schumann (selection from Schumann's critiques from his Neue Zeitshcrift days)

Sergei Rachmaninoff a lifetime in music Bertensson & Leyda

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)

Sviatoslav Richter; pianist; Karl Aage Rasmussen (not the final word on Richter yet, but a decent bio)

The Teaching of Artur Schnabel - A Guide to Interpretation Wolff

Temperament; Isacoff;

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

The Craft of Piano Playing; Fraser;

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)

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

The Mozart Companion; Robbins, Landon, Mitchell;

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

The Pianist's Problems; Newman;

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

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

The Rest is Noise; Listening to the Twentieth Century.; Ross; historical and musical overview of twentieth century composers, music, and the music scene.

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

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

This is Your Brain on Music; Levitin;

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

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

Virtuosi: A Defense and a (Sometimes Erotic) Celebration of Great Pianists Michell Interesting, but highly opinionated and often catty look at... virtuoso pianists

Virtuoso: Story of John Ogdon; Brenda Lucas Ogdon

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 have placed the list in a spreadsheet, FWIW.

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