A long with "careful judgement and genuine love of the subject" (Library Journal), David Dubal brings unparalleled expertise as a concert pianist, Juilliard faculty member, and former music director of a major classical music station to this second edition of his definitive guide to the piano. Here are enlightening profiles of history's greatest concert pianists from Clementi and Mozart to the major artists of the twentieth century. Here, too, in...

"The purpose of this book is to provide, not of course a listing of the entire repertoire of the pianist, but an ample selection that will represent each composer fairly and with proper consideration of his place in the history of composition for the keyboard. The annotations are concerned largely with the technical requirements of the material, and also with its interpretative treatment; they are intended to give the student, teacher, amateur and...