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This outstanding overview is a "must" for every classical pianist's library. CONTENTS: Preface; Introduction; The Instrument; The Literature before Bach; Johann Sebastian Bach; From Bach to Beethoven; Ludwig van Beethoven; Weber, Schubert, Mendelssohn; Robert Alexander Schumann; Frederic Francois Chopin; Johannes Brahms; Franz (Ferencz) Liszt; French Piano Music; Russian and Polish Composers; Piano Music Since Liszt; American Composers; Living Composers and the State of Music Since Hutcheson; Postscript - to the Amateur and Student (Technique, Fingerings); Suggested Reading and Reference Books; Index. 436 + xxxiv pages.