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1	Sweet Talk more books like this by Susan Mallery add to wishlist Claire Keyes, a 28-year-old piano prodigy, has never had a real romance. Her music career has left little room for friends or family, which is part of the reason she's estranged from her two sisters. Now reconnecting with her sisters tops her to-do list, along with falling in love for the first time. Original. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.49! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Loser more books like this by Professor Thomas Bernhard add to wishlist Thomas Bernhard's novel is based loosely on the life of pianist Glenn Gould, whose monstrous talents destroy two of his friends. see all copies from $5.85! new only from $7.14! \| first editions \| SVS
3	My Young Years more books like this by Artur Rubinstein add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $23.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Unconsoled more books like this by Kazuo Ishiguro add to wishlist A musician of international renown checks into a hotel in eastern Europe. He has the distinct recollection that he is due to perform in the Civic Concert Hall in a few days' time, but as the hotel porter escorts him to his room it occurs to him that there is much more to his visit than he expected. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.84! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Wild Rose more books like this by Doris Mortman add to wishlist A novel set against the recent history of Hungary. It is the story of a beautiful girl torn between her music, her country and her love. Katalin Gaspar is a world famous pianist who is forced to return from America to her homeland. By the author of "Circles", "First Born" and "Rightfully Mine". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $59.88! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Clara Schumann, the Artist and the Woman more books like this by Nancy Reich add to wishlist This biographical study of Clara Schumann follows the glorious musical career which spanned 60 years and influenced the music of the 19th century. The first section of the book focuses on her early life: the strange domination exercised by Clara Schumann's father, the loss of her mother, her agonizing struggle for independence, the choices she was ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Small Rain more books like this by Madeleine L'Engle add to wishlist Katherine Forrester's parents are musicians, and they raise her in a sophisticated, yet bohemian, environment. Lonely, uncertain, Katherine approaches womanhood with an eye towards love as well as a career as a concert pianist. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Severed Wasp more books like this by Madeleine L'Engle add to wishlist Katherine Forrester Vigneras, in a continuation of her story from The Small Rain, returns to New York City from Europe to retire. Now in her seventies, she encounters an old friend from her Greenwich Village days who, it turns out, is the former Bishop of New York. He asks Katherine to give a benefit concert at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.78! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Journey of a Thousand Miles: My Story more books like this by Lang Lang, David Ritz add to wishlist This inspiring biography documents the remarkable story of a boy and his father who sacrificed almost everything--family, financial security, and their reputation in China's insular classical music world--for the belief in a young boy's talent. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.91! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Body & Soul more books like this by Frank Conroy add to wishlist The saga of Claude Rawlings, child prodigy, from the 1940s onward, as he finds himself transformed by his talent. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	Wild Harmonies: A Life of Music and Wolves more books like this by Helene Grimaud, Ellen Hinsey (Translator) add to wishlist A celebrated French pianist shares the poignant story of her journey from her early years as a student in Paris to her life as the founder of a wolf conservation center in upstate New York. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.79! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Piano Lessons: Music, Love, & True Adventures more books like this by Noah Adams add to wishlist The host of NPR's "All Things Considered" tells of the progress and setbacks in his learning to play the piano in mid-life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.16! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Clara Schumann: Piano Virtuoso more books like this by Susanna Reich add to wishlist Describes the life of the German pianist and composer who made her professional debut at age nine and who devoted her life to music and to her family. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Great Pianists more books like this by Harold C Schonberg add to wishlist The Great Pianists brings to life the brilliant, stylish, and sometimes eccentric personalities, methods, and technical peculiarities of history's greatest pianists--from Mozart to the modern-day masters. see all copies from $2.95! new only from $12.38! \| first editions \| SVS
15	Am I too loud?Memoirs of an accompanist. more books like this by Gerald Moore add to wishlist see all copies from $36.84! first editions
16 view cover	Tell Me Why more books like this by Stella Cameron add to wishlist Intrigued when he sees renowned jazz pianist Carolee Burns playing in a small bistro, former athlete Max Wolfe wants to know more about her. Hiding from the end of her marriage and the painful estrangement from her daughter is the only way Carolee can cope. When she slowly begins to let Max into her life, tragedy shatters her new confidence and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Me of All People: Alfred Brendel in Conversation with Martin Meyer more books like this by Martin Meyer, Alfred Brendel, Richard Stokes (Translator) add to wishlist In this series of conversations with a Swiss journalist, Alfred Brendel discusses his life, his career, composers, other pianists, and his attitudes toward life and art. see all copies from $2.79! new only from $6.47! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Memory Slips: A Memoir of Music and Healing more books like this by Linda Katherine Cutting add to wishlist "There are three kinds of memory slips, I tell my students. One, when Memory slips but you find your way back without losing a beat. Two, when you don't find your way back until the downbeat. Three, when you don't find your way back in time and must stop and restart the music. I don't tell them about a fourth possibility, when one memory slips, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Evenings with Horowitz: A Personal Portrait more books like this by David Dubal add to wishlist Evenings with Horowitz details a special friendship between two musicians. The book is a vivid account of their mutual passion for music and the piano. It reflects the struggles and triumphs of Vladimir Horowitz, a flaming genius who was also insecure and fearful of old age and the loss of his powers. In his conversations with the author, the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.21! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Longing more books like this by J D Landis add to wishlist This novel about the relationship between Robert Schumann and his wife Clara begins when Schumann is dying and reminiscing about the events of his life, which include his dissipated youth, his failures and successes as a musician, and--most of all--his love for the beautiful and gifted Clara. A New York Times Notable Book for the year 2000. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Too Marvelous for Words: The Life and Genius of Art Tatum more books like this by James Lester add to wishlist Art Tatum was a one-of-a-kind genius who influenced fellow piano players and other contemporary musicians alike--his individualistic style was all the more remarkable for his blindness---but about whom little has been written. James T. Lester's informative biography contains a high astonishment quotient in the many interviews he conducts with ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $25.47! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Grand Obsession: A Piano Odyssey more books like this by Perri Knize add to wishlist A fascinating, beautifully written story, "Grand Obsession" chronicles one womans obsessive search for the perfect piano. Filled with little-known facts about the instrument and its mystique, this work is as enlightening as it is engaging. see all copies from $5.99! new only from $6.94! \| SVS
23	Farewell recital : further memoirs more books like this by Gerald Moore add to wishlist see all copies from $8.99! first editions
24 view cover	Notes of a Pianist more books like this by Louis M Gottschalk add to wishlist "Notes of a Pianist" chronicles the life of one of the most remarkable musical minds of the American experience, the great nineteenth-century New Orleans-born composer and pianist Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869). An important cultural and historical work, this book recounts Gottschalk's experiences as he traveled and performed throughout the ... see all copies from $13.00! new only from $17.99! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Composition in Black and White: The Life of Philippa Schuyler more books like this by Kathryn Talalay add to wishlist A biography of the black pianist and composer, one of the greatest child prodigies of the 1930s, whose phenomenal talent met with overwhelming early success only to languish just as rapidly, a victim of the tragedies and prejudices that overtook her. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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