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1	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 $7.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	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 $14.01! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	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 $5.80! new only from $9.58! \| SVS
4	I Really Should Be Practicing more books like this by Gary Graffman add to wishlist see all copies from $23.67! new only from $145.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Myself Among Others: A Memoir more books like this by George Wein, Nate Chenin, Nate Chinen add to wishlist Here is the story of a middle-class Jewish kid from Boston who became the founder of the Newport Jazz Festival and, later, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. . George Wein, who pioneered the idea of bringing jazz to people beyond the club circuit, looks back on his long career and unforgettably describes his relationships --sometimes ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.80! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Autumn Encore more books like this by Ms. Jane Peart add to wishlist Ardith's heart was broken ten years ago when the gifted pianist Gavin Parrish didn't show up for a rendezvous in Paris, and now she wonders if he will break her heart again. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Liberace: An American Boy more books like this by Darden Asbury Pyron add to wishlist More people watched his nationally syndicated television show between 1953 and 1955 than followed "I Love Lucy". Even a decade after his death, the attendance records he set at Madison Square Garden, the Hollywood Bowl and Radio City Music Hall still stand. Arguably the most popular entertainer of the 20th century, this very public figure ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.40! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Notes from A Minor Key: A Memoir of Music, Love, and Healing more books like this by Dawn Bailiff add to wishlist The story of Dawn Bailiffs struggle with the debilitating effects of Multiple Sclerosis, a disease which took away her identity as a piano soloist and rising star of the classical music world, working with such notable maestros as Leonard Bernstein. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Piano Lessons 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 $4.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Behind the Candelabra more books like this by Scott Thorson add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	The Blue Piano: And Other Stories more books like this by Carol Montparker add to wishlist Carol Montparker's 31 stories are remarkable for their frankness and emotional honesty. Creative nonfiction from a life in music, they are in turn tender and intense, lyrical and riotously funny. There is a poignant friendship with the elderly, irresistible Rudi; the anguish of a marriage that needed to end; true love found later; a narrow escape ... see all copies from $8.85! new only from $14.01! \| first editions
12	Journey of an American Pianist more books like this by Grant Johannesen, David Taylor Johannesen (Foreword by) add to wishlist see all copies from $9.67! new only from $17.45! \| SVS
13 view cover	Hazel Scott: The Pioneering Journey of a Jazz Pianist, from Cafe Society to Hollywood to Huac more books like this by Karen Chilton add to wishlist In 1938, Cafe Society - New York City's first fully integrated nightclub - was all the rage, and Hazel Scott was its star. Still a teenager, she wowed audiences with her jazz renditions of classical masterpieces by Chopin, Bach, and Rachmaninoff. Scott was a child prodigy, auditioning at Juilliard when she was only eight years old, and playing ... see all copies from $17.37! new only from $21.38! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14	Notes from a Battered Grand: A Memoir more books like this by Don Asher add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $78.59! \| first editions
15 view cover	An American Virtuoso on the World Stage: Olga Samaroff Stokowski more books like this by Olga Samaroff Stokowski, Donna S. Kline add to wishlist Through astonishing force of will and exertion of talent, a young Lucy Hickenlooper of South Texas reinvented herself as Olga Samaroff, international virtuoso concert pianist and one of the most influential musicians during the first half of the twentieth century, when music was still dominated by men and Old World prejudices. For those unfamiliar ... see all copies from $16.90! new only from $39.95! \| first editions
16	The Journeyman Piano Player: Adventures in Gracious Dining more books like this by Bob Milne add to wishlist see all copies from $2.00! signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Lennie Tristano: His Life in Music more books like this by Eunmi Shim add to wishlist Lennie Tristano occupies a rare position in jazz history. Emerging from an era when modernism was the guiding principle in jazz, Tristano explored musical avenues that were avant-garde even by modernism's experimental standards. In so doing, he tested and transcended the boundaries of jazz. In 1949, years before musicians such as Ornette Coleman ... see all copies from $20.90! new only from $23.32! \| SVS
18 view cover	The Lives of Ingolf Dahl more books like this by Anthony Linick, Anthony Linck add to wishlist He was considered a musician's musician, the most gifted artist in that exciting Southern California world dominated by the great emigr composers, the film industry, the brilliant soloists and the avant-gardists who made Los Angeles a musical capital. Ingolf Dahl (1912-1970) was an accomplished composer, conductor, pianist and a mentor to eminent ... see all copies from $24.48! new only from $24.48! \| SVS
19 view cover	Liberace (Notable Biographies)(Oop) more books like this by Raymond Mungo, Martin Duberman (Editor) add to wishlist Recounts the life and career of the pianist and entertainer, who lived an all-but-openly gay life, but believed it was necessary publicly to deny his homosexuality. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
20 view cover	The Wonderful World of Liberace more books like this by Liberace add to wishlist For decades, Liberace was known for his music, candelabra, charisma, diamonds and dazzle. Over the years Liberace acquired an astounding array of prestigious awards, including: Instrumentalist of the Year, Best Dressed Entertainer and Entertainer of the Year. He also earned two Emmy Awards, six gold albums, two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ... see all copies from $27.24!
21 view cover	Some Musical Recollections of Fifty Years more books like this by Richard Hoffman add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.29! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Louis Moreau Gottschalk more books like this by S Frederick Starr add to wishlist "Innovating American composer, virtuoso pianist, and swashbuckling Romantic hero, Louis Moreau Gottschalk produced immensely popular works combining the French, Hispanic, and African influences of his native New Orleans. Many of his syncopated compositions anticipated ragtime by half a century. S. Frederick Starr's biography, originally published ... see all copies from $25.00!
23 view cover	Harold Bauer, His Book more books like this by Harold Bauer add to wishlist Text extracted from opening pages of book: HAROLD BAUER W W NORTON & COMPANY INC New York Qslluslraiions Facing Page Harold Bauer at the age of ten 30 Concert announcement of Nikita's Russian tour with Harold Bauer as pianist . 31 The Paderewski picture 31 Harold Bauer, Fritz Kreisler, and Pablo Casals 62 Harold Bauer and Ossip Gabrilowitsch 62 ... see all copies from $18.58! new only from $31.43! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Reminiscences of an American Composer and Pianist more books like this by George Walker add to wishlist 40.00 see all copies from $41.78! new only from $41.78! \| SVS
25	Sit down and play more books like this by Elsa J. Baker add to wishlist see all copies from $3.87! signed copies \| first editions

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