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Internet Resources
 

     Piano Pedagogy Plus! – http://www.pedaplus.com

     Ornamentation (From Dolmetsch) –

     http:///www.dolmetsch.com/musictheory23.htm

     MusicPlay Piano – http://www.musicplay.com

     History of the Piano – http://www.uk-piano.org/hisstory/history.html

     The Piano Page – http://www.ptg.org/index.html

     The Piano Education Page – http://www.pianoeducation.org/

     A Musician’s ABC and Know Thy Piano by James Boyk –  

     http:///www.cco.caltech.edu/~boyk/abcd.htm

     http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~boyk/piano.htm

     Piano Practicing Principles and Methods by Dr. Brent Hugh –

     http://staff.mwsc.edu/~bhugh/piano-practice.html

     Piano Home Page of Dr. Martha Beth Lewis –

     http://www.serve.com/marbeth/piano.html

     Pianopedia (formerly Piano Repertoire Search Engine) –

     http://www.pianopedia.com

     Database for 20th Century Intermediate Piano Literature by Kathy Winston –

     http://www.pianorep.com

     Women in Music: Compositions for Intermediate Level by Dr. Lora

     Deahl, Dr. Kay Etheridge, Beverly McGahey, and Lea Schmidt-

     Rogers –  http://www.sandiegomtac.com/women.htm

 

Books

Abby Whiteside on Piano Playing

     Author:  Whiteside, Abby

     Holdings:  Electronic Book

 

Analysis of Mendelssohn’s Organ Works:  A Study of Their Structural Features

     Author:  Hathaway, Joseph W.G.

     Holdings:  MT145.M5 H3

 

Art of Effective Piano Teaching

     Author:  Ascari, Dino P.

     Holdings:  MT222 .A83 2003

 

Art of Fingering in Piano Playing

    Author:  Musafia, Julien

    Holdings:  MT232 .M8

 

Art of Pedaling

    Author:  Gebhard, Heinrich

    Holdings:  MT227 .G4


Art of Piano Playing

     Author:  Neuhaus, Heinrich

     Holdings:  MT235 .N413 1973

 

Behavioral Profile of the Piano Student

    Author:  Lawrence, Sidney J.

    Holdings:  MT220 .L428

 

Book of the Piano

     Author:  Gill, Dominic

     Holdings:  ML650 .B64

 

Cambridge Companion to the Piano

     Author:  Rowland, David

     Holdings:  ML650.C3 1998

 

Complete Idiot’s Guide to Playing the Piano

     Author:  Hill, Brad

     Holdings:  Electronic Book

 

Complete Idiot’s Guide to Playing the Piano and Electronic Keyboards

     Author:  Hill, Brad

     Holdings:  Electronic Book

 

Concert Piano Repertoire: A Manual of Solo Literature for Artists and Performers

     Author:  Faurot, Albert

     Holdings:  ML128.P3 F39

 

Early Keyboard Instruments:  A Practical Guide

     Author:  Rowland, David

     Holdings:  Electronic Book

 

Eighteenth-Century Keyboard Music

     Author:  Marshall, Robert L.

     Holdings:  Electronic Book

 

Eighty-Eight Keys:  The Making of a Steinway Piano

     Author:  Chapin, Miles

     Holdings:  ML694 .C43 1997

 

English Keyboard Music Before the Nineteenth Century

     Author:  Caldwell, John

     Holdings:  ML728 .C3

 

Etudes for Piano Teachers

    Author:  Gordon, Steward

    Holdings:  MT220 .G67 1995

 

Five Centuries of Keyboard Music: An Historical Survey of Music for Harpsichord and Piano

     Author:  Gillespie, John

     Holdings:  ML700 .G5

 

French Masters of the Organ:  Saint-Saëns, Franck, Widor, Vierne, Dupré, Langlais, Messiaen

     Author:  Murray, Michael

     Holdings:  ML396 .M87 1998

 

French Organ Music:  From the Revolution to Franck and Widow

     Author:  Archbold and William J. Peterson

     Holdings:  ML624 .F74 1995

 

Great Pianists on Piano Playing:  Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos

     Author:  Cooke, James Francis

     Holdings:  MT220 .C77

 

Great Piano Virtuosos of Our Time from Personal Acquaintance:  Liszt, Chopin, Tausig, Henselt

     Author:  Lenz, Wilhelm von

     Holdings:  ML397 .L57 1973

 

Group Piano-Teaching

    Author:  Enoch, Yvonne

    Holdings:  MT220 .E6

 

Guide to Piano Music by Women Composers:  Composers born before 1900

     Author:  Dees, Pamela Youngdahl

     Holdings:  Electronic Book

 

Guide to the Best in Contemporary Piano Music: An Annotated List of Graded Solo Piano Music Published Since 1950

     Author:

     Holdings:  Reference ML132.P3 B88

 

Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire

     Author:  Hinson, Maurice

     Holdings:  Reference ML128.P3 H5

 

Her Piano Sang:  A Story about Clara Schumann

     Author:  Barbara Allman

     Holdings:  Electronic Book

 

History of the Piano

     Author:  Closson, Ernest

     Holdings:  ML650 .C582

 

How to Make Money Teaching Piano to Beginners

     Author:  Alling, Ruth Stevenson

     Holdings:  MT222 .A55 1974x

 

Indispensables of Piano Playing

    Author:  Whiteside, Abby

    Holdings:  MT220 .W542 1961

 

Interpretation of Bach’s Keyboard Works

     Author:  Bodky, Erwin

     Holdings:  MT145.B14 B6

 

Interpreting Mozart on the Keyboard

     Author:  Badura-Skoda, Eva

     Holdings:  ML410.M9 B1413

 

Keyboard Music before 1700

     Author:  Silbiger, Alexander

     Holdings:  Electronic Book

 

Keyboard Sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti and Eighteenth-Century Music Style

     Author:  Sutcliffe, W. Dean

     Holdings:  Electronic Book

 

Literature of the Piano: A Guide for Amateur and Student

     Author:  Hutcheson, Ernest

     Holdings:  MT140 .H95 1964

 

Mastering Piano Technique:  A Guide for Students, Teachers, and Performers

     Author:  Fink, Seymour

     Holdings:  MT220 .F44 1992

 

Masters of the Keyboard: A Brief Survey of Pianoforte Music

     Author:  Apel, Willi

     Holdings:  ML700 .A6

 

Method of Organ Playing

     Author:  Gleason, Harold

     Holdings:  MT182 .G55 1962

 

Music for More than One Piano: An Annotated Guide

     Author:  Hinson, Maurice

     Holdings:  Electronic Book

 

Music for Piano: A Short History

     Author:  F.E. Kirby

     Holdings:  Electronic Book

 

Music for Piano and Orchestra

     Author:  Hinson, Maurice

     Holdings:  Reference ML128.P3 H53 1993

 

Notes on the Literature of the Piano

     Author:  Lockwood, Albert Lewis

     Holdings:  ML128.P3 L38 1968

 

On Piano Playing:  Motion, Sound, and Expression

     Author:  Sándor, György

     Holdings:  MT220 .S19 1995

 

On Teaching the Piano

     Author:  Bolton, Hetty

     Holdings:  MT220 .B6413 1954

 

Organ, From its Invention in the Hellenistic Period to the End of the thirteenth Century

     Author:  Perrot, Jean

     Holdings:  ML553 .P4713

 

Organ Handbook

     Author:  Klotz, Hans

     Holdings:  ML550.K59

 

Organ Literature:  A Comprehensive Survey

     Author:  Arnold, Corliss Richard

     Holdings:  ML600 .A76

 

Organ Music of J.S. Bach

     Author:  Williams, Peter

     Holdings:  Electronic Book

 

Organ Registration in Theory and Practice

     Author:  Geer, Ezra Harold

     Holdings:  MT189 .G4

 

Organ Works of César Franck

     Author:  Grace, Harvey

     Holdings:  MT145.F7 G7

 

Organist and Hymn Playing

     Author:  Lovelace, Austin C.

     Holdings:  MT180 .L69 1981

 

Ornamentation in J.S. Bach’s Organ Works

     Author:  Aldrich, Putnam

     Holdings:  ML410.B1 A88

 

Pianist's Bookshelf:  A Practical Guide to Books, Videos, and Other Resources

     Author:  Hinson, Maurice

     Holdings:  Reference ML128.P3 H534

 

Pianist’s Dictionary

     Author:  Hinson, Maurice

     Holdings:  Reference ML102.P5 H46 2004

 

Pianist's Problems

    Author:  Newman, William S.

    Holdings:  MT220 .N5 1956

 

Piano:  An Encyclopedia

     Author:  Palmieri, Robert

     Holdings:  ML102.P5 E53 2003

 

Piano Duet Repertoire:  Music Originally Written for One Piano, Four Hands

     Author:  McGraw, Cameron

     Holdings:  ML128.P3 M2

 

Piano in Chamber Ensemble: An Annotated Guide

     Author:  Hinson, Maurice

     Holdings:  Reference ML128.C4 H5

 

Piano Servicing, Tuning, & Rebuilding:  For the Professional, the Student, the Hobbyist

     Author:  Reblitz, Arthur A.

     Holdings:  ML652 .R3 1976

 

Piano Student’s Gradus ad Parnassum:  Presenting the Interpretation and Ornamentation of 16th and 17th Century Music

     Author:  Koch, Casper

     Holdings:  MT245 .K6

 

Piano Teacher's Source Book:  An Annotated Bibliography of Books Related to the Piano and Piano Music

     Author:  Hinson, Maurice

     Holdings:  Reference ML128.P3 H55


Piano Technique Consisting of the Two Complete Books: The Shortest Way to Pianistic Perfection and Rhythmics, Dynamics, Pedal and other Problems of Piano Playing

     Author:  Leimer, Karl

     Holdings:  MT222 .L4983 1972

 

Piano Works of Claude Debussy

     Author:  Schmitz, Elie Robert

     Holdings:  MT145.D4 Se

 

Pianos and their Makers:  A Comprehensive History of the Development of the Piano From the Monochord to the Concert Grand Player Piano

     Author:  Dolge, Alfred

     Holdings:  ML652 .D6 1972

 

Piano Teacher's Source Book:  An Annotated Bibliography of Books Related to the Piano and Piano Music

     Author:  Hinson, Maurice

     Holdings:  Reference ML128.P3 H55

 

Pipe Organ Registration

     Author:  Goode, Jack C.

     Holdings:  MT189 .G66

 

Practicing the Piano

     Author:  Merrick, Frank

     Holdings:  MT220 .M57 1968

 

Rudiments of Music: A New Approach with Application to the Keyboard

     Author:  Castellini, John Edward

     Holdings  MT182 .G55 1962

 

Short History of Keyboard Music

     Author:  Kirby, F. E.

     Holdings:  ML700 .K47

 

Sources of Keyboard Music in England

     Author:  Borren, Charles van den

     Holdings:  ML703 .B6712

 

Teaching and Understanding Contemporary Piano Music

     Author:  Thompson, Ellen R.

     Holdings:  ML707 .T5

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