Piano Resources
Whether you are a piano student, church pianist, lover of, or all of the above, you’re in the right place. Below you will find a guide to selected resources both within our library and beyond. Although we cannot list everything, we hope this will give you a good starting point for your own research. This is a work in progress; if you discover some helpful resources that you would like to see listed here, please email us with your suggestions.
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- internet resources
- selected library holdings - current periodicals
- selected library holdings - books, scores and audiovisuals by topic
- selected library holdings - easy to intermediate piano music
internet resources
Reviewed by Melissa Potter, MM student in Piano.
- American Pianists Association
- Roll your mouse pointer over the photo to find links to news, photos, membership and contact information for this organization “dedicated to advancing the career of American classical and jazz pianists between the ages of 18 and 30.”
- Piano Education Page
- Kids’ page, listening library, interviews, articles, message boards, reviews, more!
- Piano Home Page
- Excellent resource for teachers, students, and parents! Helpful tips and articles including pedagogical guidelines by age and achievement level, how parents can help their child practice at home, suggestions for memorizing music, etc.
- Piano Pedagogy Forum
- Online forum for articles about piano pedagogy, with index of back issues. Covers a range of topics, from learning styles to sight-reading to teaching adult beginners.
- Piano Tools.Com
- Electronic flashcards and visualization tools for intervals, chords, key signatures, scales, the staff/keyboard relationship, etc.
- The Piano Page - from The Piano Technicians Guild
- Virtual piano museum, “Piano Hangman” game, lots of helpful links, more!
selected library holdings - current periodicals
American Music Teacher. [Cincinnati, OH, etc.]: Music Teachers’ National Association. Am35must
Clavier. [Northfield, IL, etc.: Instrumentalist Co.] C578
Keyboard. [Cupertino, CA: GPI Publications], c1981-. K52ybo
Keyboard Classics and Piano Stylist. Katonah, NY: Keyboard Classics, Inc., c1993-. K52ybocla
Keyboard Companion. Los Angeles, CA: Keyboard Companion, c1990-. K52yboco
Keys. Northfield, IL: Instrumentalist, c1997-. C578vsk
Pedalpoint. Nashville, TN: Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, c1981-. P34alp (available at Music/AV Library Desk)
Piano Explorer. Evanston, IL: Instrumentalist Co., [198-?]-. C578vsp
Piano Guild Notes. Austin, TX: National Guild of Piano Teachers. P573g
Piano Journal. London: The Association. P573jo
Piano Today. Katonah, NY: Keyboard Classics, Inc., c1995-. P537to
selected library holdings - books, scores and audiovisuals by topic
accompanying
Bathori, Jane. On the Interpretation of the Melodies of Claude Debussy. Stuyvesant, NY: Pendragon, 1998. 784.3 D354sLEL
Emmons, Shirley and Stanley Sonntag. Art of the Song Recital. New York: Schirmer Books, 1979. 784.934.Em67a
Hallmark, Rufus, ed. German Lieder in the 19th Century. New York: Schirmer, 1996. 784.3.G317L
McTyre, Ruthann Boles. Library Resources for Singers, Coaches, and Accompanists. Westport, CN: Greenwood, 1998. Ref 016.784932.M459L
Meister, Barbara. The Interaction of Music and Poetry. Ann Arbor: UMI, 1988. 784.3.M479io
Stark, Lucien. Brahms’s Vocal Duets and Quartets with Piano. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1998. 784.3062.B73s
Whitton, Kenneth S. Goethe and Schubert: The Unseen Bond. Portland, OR: Amadeus, 1999. 784.3.Sch78w
dictionaries & bibliographies
Piano and Organ Catalogue. London: BBC, 1965. Ref 016.7864.B777p 2vols
Dubal, David. Art of the Piano: Its Performers, Literature, and Recordings. 2nd ed. San Diego: Harcourt, 1995. 927.864.D851a 1995
Duckles, Vincent H. and Michael A. Keller. Music Reference and Research Materials: An Annotated Bibliography. 4th ed., rev. New York: Schirmer, 1996. Ref 016.78001.D858m 1996
Edel, Theodore. Piano Music for One Hand. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1994. Ref 016.7864041.Ed 27p
Hinson, Maurice. Guide to the Pianist’s Repertoire. 3rd ed. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 2000. Ref 016.7864.H596g 2000
Hinson, Maurice. Music for Piano and Orchestra: An Annotated Guide. Enl. Ed., 1st Midland ed. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1993. Ref 016.7856.H596m 1993
Hinson, Maurice. Pianist’s Guide to Transcriptions, Arrangements, and Paraphrases. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1990. Ref 016.7864.H596pt
Hinson, Maurice. The Pianist’s Bookshelf: A Practical Guide to Books, Videos, and Other Resources. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1998. Ref 016.78621.H596pb
Hinson, Maurice. The Pianist’s Dictionary. Bloomington, IN: Indiana UP, 2004. 786.2103.H596pd
Hinson, Maurice. The Pianist’s Reference Guide: A Bibliographical Survey. Los Angeles: Alfred, 1987. Ref 016.78621.H596pr 1987
Palmieri, Robert. Piano Information Guide: An Aid to Research. New York: Garland, 1989. Ref 016.78621.P185p
Phemister, William. American Piano Concertos: A Bibliography. Detroit: College Music Society, 1985. Ref 016.7856.P52a
The Vienna Urtext Guide to Piano Literature. Compiled by Maurice Hinson. Valley Forge, PA: European American Music Corp., 1995. Ref 016.7864041.V675u
Wolcott, Michiko Ishiyama. Piano, the Instrument: An Annotated Bibliography. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2001.Ref 016.78621.W83p
pedagogy
For a list of suggested standard repertoire, see also Selected Library Holdings - Easy to Intermediate Piano Music.
Agay, Denes, ed. Teaching Piano. 2 vols. New York: Yorktown Music, 1981. 786.3041.Ag18t,2vols.
Baker, Martha J., ed. National Conference on Piano Pedagogy. Princeton, NJ: National Conference on Piano Pedagogy, 1983. 786.3041.N213p, 1982
Bastien, James. How to Teach Piano Successfully. 3rd ed. San Diego: Kjos Music, 1988. 786.3041.B296h,1988
Berman, Boris. Notes from the Pianist’s Bench. New Haven: Yale UP, 2000. 786.3041.B456n
Bolton, Hetty. On Teaching the Piano. London: Novello, 1954. 786.3.B639o
Booth, Victor. We Piano Teachers. 2nd ed. Revised by Adele Franklin. London: Hutchinson, 1971. 786.3041. B644w 1971
Bruxner, Mervyn. Mastering the Piano. New York: St. Martin’s, 1972. 786.3041.B839m
Byman, Isabelle. The Piano Teachers Art: Guidelines for Successful Teaching. Edited by Albert de Vito. Westbury, NY: Kenyon, 1979. 786.3041.B994p
Camp, Max. Teaching Piano: The Synthesis of Mind, Ear, & Body. Los Angeles: Alfred, 1992. 786.3041.C15t
Clark, Frances. Conversations with Frances Clark. (Vol. 1 - Her Life and Teachings; Vol. 2 - Her Books and Methods.) Kansas City, MO: SH Productions, Inc., 1992, p1991. VT 3721-3722 (VHS)
Delente, Gail. A Selected Bibliography for the Private Piano Teacher. Ellicott City, MD: Chembiotech, 1986. Ref 016.78621.D377s
Enoch, Yvonne. Group Piano-Teaching. London: Oxford University Press, 1974. 786.3041.En64g
Fuszek, Rita M. Piano Music in Collections: An Index. Detroit, MI: Information Coordinators, 1982. Ref 016.7864052.F988p 1982
Gordon, Stewart. Etudes for Piano Teachers: Reflections on the Teacher’s Art. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. 786.21.G658e
Hinson, Maurice. The Piano Teacher’s Source Book. Melville, NY: Belwin-Mills, 1974. Ref 016.78621.H596p 1974
Kern, Alice and Helen Titus. The Teacher’s Guidebook to Piano Literature. Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Bros.,[1964]. 016.75621.K459t
Lyke, James and Yvonne Enoch. Creative Piano Teaching. 2nd ed. Champaign, IL: Stipes Pub. Co., 1987. 786.3041.En64c 1987
Machover, Wilma and Marienne Uszler. Sound Choices: Guiding Your Child’s Musical Experiences. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. 780.725.M185s
Morhange-Motchane, M. Thematic Guide to Piano Literature. New York: G. Schirmer, 1982. Ref 016.7864041.M824t vols.
Schaum, Wesley and Joan Cupp. Keyboard Teaching with Greater Success and Satisfaction. Mequon, WI: Schaum Publications, 1994. 786.3041.SCh19k 1994
Seroff, Victor. Common Sense in Piano Study. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, [1970]. 786.3.Se67c
Suzuki, Shin’ichi. Nurtured by Love. Trans. by Waltraud Suzuki. New York: Exposition Press, [1969]. 780.7.Su99nEs
Taubman, Dorothy. Choreography of the Hands: The Work of Dorothy Taubman. Amherst, MA: JTJ Films, Inc., 1986. VT 1414 (VHS)
True, Nelita. Nelita True at Eastman. Kansas City, MO: SH Productions, Inc., 1991-1992. VT 2608-2610, 3042 (VHS)
Uszler, Marienne, Stewart Gordon, and Elyse Mach. The Well-Tempered Keyboard Teacher. New York: Schirmer Books, 1991. 786.3041.Us9w
performance practice
Cortot, Alfred. Alfred Cortot’s Studies in Musical Interpretation. London: G.G. Harrap & Co., [1937]. 780.072.C818sEj
Donington, Robert. The Interpretation of Early Music. New York: St. Martin’s, [1974]. 781.63.D7171i 1974
Donington, Robert. Performer’s Guide to Baroque Music. New York: C. Scribner’s Sons, [1974, c1973]. 780.9032.D717p
Ferguson, Howard. Keyboard Interpretation from the 14th to the 19th Century: An Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press, 1975. 786.1.F381k
Gordon, Stewart. Performance Practices in Late 20th Century Piano Music. Van Nuys, CA: Alfred, c1995. VT 4966 (VHS)
Harnoncourt, Nikolaus. Baroque Music Today. Portland, OR: Amadeus Press, c1988. 780.9032.H229mEo
Hinson, Maurice. Performance Practices in Baroque Keyboard Music. Van Nuys, CA: Alfred, 2003, c1997. DVD 131, VT 4665 (VHS)
Hinson, Maurice. Performance Practices in Classical Piano Music. Van Nuys, CA: Alfred, 2003, c1994. DVD 130, VT 3857 (VHS)
Hinson, Maurice. Performance Practices in Early 20th-Century Piano Music. Van Nuys, CA: Alfred, 2003, c1995. DVD 129 VT 3956 (VHS)
Hinson, Maurice. Performance Practices in Impressionistic Piano Music. Van Nuys, CA: Alfred, c1995. VT 4312 (VHS)
Hinson, Maurice. Performance Practices in Romantic Piano Music. Van Nuys, CA: Alfred, 2003, c1994. DVD 128 VT 3856 (VHS)
Leppard, Raymond. Authenticity in Music. Portland, OR: Amadeus Press, 1988. 781.63.L558a
Montparker, Carol. Anatomy of a New York Debut. Evanston, IL: Instrumentalist Co., c1981. 927.8.P223a
Neumann, Frederick. New Essays on Performance Practice. Ann Arbor, MI: U.M.I. Research Press, 1989. 781.63.N397en
Neumann, Frederick. Ornamentation in Baroque and Post-Baroque Music. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1978. 781.67.N397o
Neumann, Frederick. Ornamentation and Improvisation in Mozart. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1986. 781.67.M877n
Rosenblum, Sandra P. Performance Practices in Classic Piano Music. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1988. 786.3041.R723p
Rothschild, Fritz. Musical Performance in the Times of Mozart and Beethoven. London: A. and C. Black; New York: Oxford University Press, [1961]. 781.63.R746m
Rothschild, Fritz. The Lost Tradition in Music: Rhythm and Tempo in J.S. Bach’s Time. New York: Oxford University Press, 1953. 781. 63. R746-l
Troeger, Richard. Playing Bach on the Keyboard: A Practical Guide. Pompton Plains, NJ: Amadeus Press, 2003. 786.3041.B122jst
Westerby, Herbert. The History of Pianoforte Music. London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd. [etc.]; New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1924. 786.22.W523h
Witten, David, ed. Nineteenth-Century Piano Music: Essays in Performance and Analysis. New York: Garland Publishing, 1997 [i.e. 1996]. 786.3041.N622w
pianists
Bazzana, Kevin. Glenn Gould: The Performer in the Work: A Study in Performance Practice. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. 927.8.G732b, CD 5747
Dubal, David. Reflections from the Keyboard: The World of the Concert Pianist. New York: Summit Books, 1984. 927.8.D851r
Elder, Dean. Pianists at Play: Interviews, Master Lessons, and Technical Regimes. Evanston, IL: Instrumentalist Co., 1982. 786.3041.El-22p
Kaiser, Joachim. Great Pianists of Our Time. London: Allen and Unwin, 1971. 927.8.K123gEw
Lyle, Wilson. A Dictionary of Pianists. 1st American ed. New York: Schirmer Books, 1985, c1984. 927.8.L988d
Mach, Elyse. Great Pianists Speak for Themselves. New York: Dodd, Mead, c1980-1988. 927.861.M18g 2 vols.
Noyle, Linda J., ed. Pianists on Playing: Interviews with Twelve Concert Pianists. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1987. 927.808621.P573o
Schonberg, Harold C. The Great Pianists. Rev. and updated. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987. 927.861.Sch65g,1987
Till, Eric and Vincent Tovell, producers. Glenn Gould: A Portrait. [Canada]: CBC Enterprises; Long Branch, NJ: Distributed by Kultur International Films, 1985. VT 2789 (VHS)
piano ensembles
Chang, Frederic Ming and Albert Faurot. Team Piano Repertoire. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1976. Ref 016.78649.C362t
Drucker, Arno. American Piano Trios. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1999. Ref 016.78573.D84a
Ferguson, Howard. Keyboard Duets: From the 16th to the 20th Century for One and Two Pianos. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. Ref 016.78649.F381k
Hinson, Maurice. Music for More Than One Piano. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1983. Ref 016.786495.H596m
Hinson, Maurice. Piano in Chamber Ensemble. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1978. Ref 016. 7857. H596p
Lubin, Ernest. The Piano Duet. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1978. 786.49.L961p
Maxwell, Grant L. Music for Three or More Pianists: A Historical Survey and Catalog. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1993. 786.49.M451m
McGraw, Cameron. Piano Duet Repertoire. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1981. Ref 016.7864956.M178p
Moldenhauer, Hans. Duo-Pianism. [Chicago: Chicago Musical College Press, 1950]. 786.2.M731d
pianos - design and maintenance
Boalch, Donald H. Makers of the Harpsichord and Clavichord 1440-1840. 3rd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995. 786.221.B63m 1995
Clinkscale, Martha Novak. Makers of the Piano, 1700-1820. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993. 786.2109033.C616m
Musical Instruments: The Piano. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1997. VT 5428 (VHS)
Fine, Larry. The Piano Book: A Guide to Buying a New or Used Piano. 2nd ed., rev. & updated. Boston: Brookside Press, 1990. 786.21.F493p 1990
Lieberman, Richard K. Steinway and Sons. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995. 786.23.St37L
Munrow, David. Early Musical Instruments: Keyboard and Percussion. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities, 1976. VT 1737 (UMATIC)
Pollens, Stewart. The Early Pianoforte. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995. 786.21.P763e
Serkin, John. The Anatomy of a Piano: How Your Grand Piano Works. W. Brattleboro, VT: JMC Productions, 1990. VT 3720 (VHS)
Piano grand! A Smithsonian celebration. New York: Columbia Records; [Washington, D.C.]: Smithsonian Institution: Maryland Public Television, 2000. VT 6502 (VHS)
service playing
Glover, David Carr and Phyllis Gunther. How to Play Hymns and Gospel Songs in Evangelistic Style. Melville, NY: Belwin Mills, 1979. MT 240.H83.G518
Jefferson, Robert L. Precious Lord!: How to Play Black Gospel. Phoenix, AZ: Pensacola, 1998. MT 239.J358.P911.Book 1 and Mca4712
Smither, David. Rules for Evangelistic Improvisation. Lubbock, TX: Trinity House, 1978. 781.65.Sm68r
Smither, David. The Evangelistic Piano Hymnal. Lubbock, TX: Trinity House, 1976. M38.Sm68.Ev14
Turner, Sandra Chucalo. A Guide to Hymn Playing for the Inexperienced Adult Pianist. Louisville, KY: Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, School of Church Music, 1992 (1987). 786.3041.T857g
style & repertoire
Apel, Willi. Masters of the Keyboard. Cambridge, Harvard Univ. Press, 1947. 786.409.Ap22m
Barth, George. The Pianist as Orator: Beethoven and the Transformation of Keyboard Style. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1992. 786.21.B393b
Burge, David. Twentieth-Century Piano Music. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2004. 786.4041.B91tp, CD 8323
Butler, Stanley. Guide to the Best in Contemporary Piano Music. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1973. 016.78621.B978g 2vols
Cortot, Alfred. French Piano Music. Trans. by Hilda Andrews. London: Oxford University Press, 1932. 786.40944.C818
Dale, Kathleen. Nineteenth-Century Piano Music: A Handbook for Pianists. New York: Oxford University Press, 1954. 786.40903.D154n
Drake, Kenneth. The Beethoven Sonatas and the Creative Experience. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1994. 786.41.B393 db
Drake, Kenneth. The Sonatas of Beethoven as He Played and Taught Them. Ed. by Frank S. Stillings. 1st ed. Cincinnati: Music Teachers National Association, [1972]. 786.41.B393d
Farwell, Arthur. American Indian Melodies. Ed. Maurice Hinson. Chapel Hill, NC: Hinshaw Music, 1977. M25.F252.Am35
Fiess, Stephen C.E. The Piano Works of Serge Prokofiev. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1994. 786.4041.P943f
Fisk, Charles. Returning Cycles: Contexts for the Interpretation of Schubert’s Impromptus and Last Sonatas. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001. 786.4041.Sch78f
Gaines, James R. The Lives of the Piano. 1st ed. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1981. 786.21.L758o
Gill, Dominic. Book of the Piano. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1981. 786.21.G41b
Gillespie, John. Five Centuries of Keyboard Music. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, [1965]. 786.409.G412f
Gordon, Stewart. A History of Keyboard Literature: Music for the Piano and Its Forerunners. New York: Schirmer Books, c1996. 786.4041.G655h
Hinson, Maurice. Baroque Dance and Baroque Keyboard Music. Van Nuys, CA: Alfred 1997. VT 4666 (VHS)
Hinson, Maurice. Masters of American Piano Music. Van Nuys, CA: Alfred Publishing Co., c1992. M21.M393.Am35 1992
Kirby, F.E. Music for Piano: A Short History. Portland, OR: Amadeus Press, 1995. 786.09.K631m
Komlos, Katalin. Fortepianos and Their Music: Germany, Austria, and England, 1760-1800. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. 786.223.K836f
Loesser, Arthur. Men, Women, and Pianos: A Social History. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1954. 786.2.L824m
Long, Marguerite. At the Piano with Faur?. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1954. 786.3041.F274aEs
Luethi, Geraldine Gant. Beethoven: Solo Piano Literature. Ed. by Carolyn Maxwell. Boulder, CO: Maxwell Music Evaluation, 1992. 786.4041.B393L
Marshall, Robert, ed. Eighteenth-Century Keyboard Music. New York: Schirmer Books, 1994. 786.09033.Ei44k
Matthews, Denis. Keyboard Music. New York: Praeger, [1972]. 786.1.M422k
McClenny, Anne and Maurice Hinson, eds. A Collection of Early American Keyboard Music. Cincinnati: Willis Music Co., [c1971]. M21.C685 H596
Mercado, Mario R. The Evolution of Mozart’s Pianistic Style. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1992. 786.4041.M877m
Methuen-Campbell, James. Chopin Playing: From the Composer to the Present Day. New York: Taplinger, 1981. 786.3041.C455m
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. Concerto! Kansas City, MO: SH Productions, 1992. VT 3040-3041 (VHS)
Newman, William S. The Sonata in the Baroque Era. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1959. 781.52.N469s1959
Newman, William S. The Sonata in the Classic Era. 3rd ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 1983. 781.52.N469sc1983
Newman, William S. The Sonata Since Beethoven. 3rd ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 1983. 781.52.N469sb1983
Phillips, David Brandon. Complete Chopin Etudes. Roanoke, VA: AKD Productions, 1993. VT 3654 (VHS)
Rink, John and Jim Samson, eds. Chopin Studies [1]. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988. 927.8.C455st V.1
Rink, John and Jim Samson, eds. Chopin Studies [2]. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994. 927.8.C455st V.2
Roberts, Paul. Images: The Piano Music of Claude Debussy. Portland, OR: Amadeus Press, 1996. 786.4041.D354 ro
Roberts, Peter Deane. Modernism in Russian Piano Music: Skriabin, Prokofiev, and their Russian Contemporaries. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1993. 786.4041.R543m
Samson, Jim. Chopin: The Four Ballades. Cambridge [England]; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992. 786.4041.C455sb
Suchoff, Benjamin. Bartok’s Mikrokosmos: Genesis, Pedagogy, and Style. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2002. 786.4041.B285 ms
Timbrell, Charles. French Pianism: A Historical Perspective. 2nd ed., rev. and enl. Portland, OR: Amadeus Press, 1999. 786.40944.T481f
Todd, R. Larry, ed. Nineteenth-Century Piano Music. New York: Schirmer Books, 1990. 786.4041.N622t
Walker-Hill, Helen. Piano Music by Black Women Composers. New York: Greenwood Press, 1992. 016.7864041.W152p
Wolff, Konrad. Masters of the Keyboard. Enl. ed. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1990. 786.4041.W832m 1990
technique
Abrams, Daniel. Practicing and Performing: A Pianist’s Guide. Woodstock, NY: Homespun Video, 1994. VT 5442 (VHS)
Banowetz, Joseph. The Pianist’s Guide to Pedaling. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1985. 786.35.B227p
Cooke, Max. Tone, Touch, and Technique for the Advanced Pianist. Melbourne, Australia: The University, 1989. VT 3705 (VHS). (Score - Melbourne, Australia: Allans Music Australia, 1985. MT225.C775.Ad95)
Cooke, Max. Tone, Touch, and Technique for the Young Pianist. Melbourne, Australia: The University, 1989. VT 3704 (VHS). (Score - Rev. ed. Melbourne, Australia: Allans Music, 1985. MT755.C775.T612)
Fink, Seymour. Mastering Piano Technique: A Guide for Students, Teachers, and Performers. Portland, OR: Amadeus Press, 1992. 786.32.F495m
Friedberg, Ruth C. The Complete Pianist: Body, Mind, Synthesis. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1993. 786.3041.F912c
Harrison, Sidney. Piano Technique. London, I. Pitman [1953]. 786.3.H248p
Kochevitsky, George. The Art of Piano Playing: A Scientific Approach. Evanston, IL: Summy-Birchard Co. [1967]. 786.3041.K811a
Kropff, Kris, ed. A Symposium for Pianists and Teachers: Strategies to Develop the Mind and Body for Optimal Performance. Dayton, OH: Heritage Music Press, 2002. 786.3041.Sy68f
Lister-Sink, Barbara. Freeing the Caged Bird: Developing Well-Coordinated, Injury-Preventive Piano Technique. [Winston-Salem, NC]: Wingsound, 1996. VT 4922
Lhevinne, Josef. Basic Principles in Pianoforte Playing. New York: Dover Publications, [1972]. 786.3041.L611b
Merrick, Frank. Practising the Piano. London: Rockliff, [1958]. 786.3 M551p
Musafia, Julien. The Art of Fingering in Piano Playing. New York: MCA Music, 1971. 786.31.M97a
Newman, William S. The Pianist’s Problems: A Modern Approach to Efficient Practice and Musicianly Performance. 4th ed. New York: Da Capo Press, 1984. 786.3041.N469p1984
Pichier, Paul. The Pianist’s Touch: Method and Theory of Paul Pichier. Walter Krause, ed. [Marshall, Calif.]: Perelen Publishers, [1972]. 786.31.P583pEi
Rowland, David, Dr. A History of Pianoforte Pedalling. Cambridge [England]; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993. 786.3041.R796h
S?ndor, Gy?rgy. On Piano Playing. New York: Schirmer Books, 1981. 786.3041.Sa57o
Slenczynska, Ruth. Music at Your Fingertips: Aspects of Pianoforte Technique. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1961. 786.3.Sl-27m
selected library holdings - easy to intermediate piano music
Suggested Repertoire for Class Piano Students
Bach, Johann Sebastian. A Collection of Little Preludes and Fugues. New York: G. Schirmer, 1897. Ed. by C. Buonamici. MT 244.B122js-c
Bach, Johann Sebastian. Selections from Anna Magdalena’s Notebook: for the Piano. Ed. by Willard Palmer. [Port Washington, NY]: Alfred Music, [1969]. M1378.B122jsN844
Bach, Johann Sebastian. Two and Three Part Inventions, for the Pianoforte. Ed. by Czerny, Griepenkerl and Roitzsch. New York: G. Schirmer, 1904. M22.B122js-ti
Bartok, Bela. Mikrokosmos. New definitive ed. London; New York: Boosey & Hawkes, 1987. MT 243.B285.M589 (6 vols.)
Bartok, Bela. Rumanian Folk Dances. [New York?]: Boosey & Hawkes, 1945. M30.B285r
Beethoven, Ludwig van. Ecossaises: for the Piano, pre level one. Arr. Ferrucio B. Busoni. Framingham, MA: Starrest Music Publishers, [198-?]. M25.B393.Ec75, M32.8.B393e
Beethoven, Ludwig van. Selected Easiest Sonata Movements for Piano: Beethoven. Ed. by Maurice Hinson. 2 vols. Van Nuys, CA: Alfred, 1992. M23.B393.Se48
Chopin, Frederic. Preludes Op. 28. Ed. by Thomas Higgins. New York: Norton, [1973]. M.25.C455.P915
Clementi, Muzio. Easiest Piano Pieces: Selected Sonatinas from Op. 36. Ed. Adolf Ruthardt. New York: C.F. Peters Corp., c1981. M23.C591Ea76
Clementi, Muzio. Six Progressive Sonatinas, Op. 36. 6th ed. Ed. Maurice Hinson and Dorothy Bishop. Chapel Hill, NC: Hinshaw Music, c1978. M23.C591.Op.36.H596
Grieg, Edvard. Lyrical Pieces, Op. 12. New York: G. Schirmer, 1899. M22.G871.p.Op.12
Grieg, Edvard. Lyrical Pieces, Op. 68. New York: G. Schirmer, c1904. M22.G871.P.Op.68
Hindemith, Paul. Kleine Klaviermusik. New York: Schott Music Corp. (Associated Music Publishers), 1957. M1378.H584.K673
Hindemith, Paul. Wir bauen eine Stadt. Mainz: B. Schott’s S?hne, [1931]. M22.H584w
Hinson, Maurice, ed. 75 Early/Late Intermediate Selections: To Develop Technique and Musicianship: Baroque to Modern. Van Nuys, CA: Alfred Publishing, c1995. MT 245.Se82 H596
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