Notes on the Piano

Notes on the Piano"Should be a bedside reader for every author, composer, singer, critic, or layman interested in music." Critic's Choice An accomplished composer, pianist, writer, and teacher presents an easy and entertaining guide for players at all levels of expertise. Ernst Bacon offers valuable tips on working, listening, and playing habits in five sections that cover "The Performer," "The Learner," "The Player and Writer," "The Observer," and "Technically

facilitating the eventual transition to a continuous medium

with step-by-step explanations that show clearly how to make practical use of the material

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others use ingredients and methods that have long since disappeared

19th-century

Jacques Offenbach (1819–80) ranks among the greatest composers of lighthearted operettas

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Reproduced from a rare limited edition published in 1929 and supplemented with many erudite editorial notes by the Rev

by some of the world's greatest magicians

and its substantial body of fact and theory continues to offer vital information for the interpretation of data

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