Good Books

[sdphins]

With all this self isolation I have a lot of free time and was wondering if you guys have any recommendations of books about piano (ie: composers, etc.).

Thanks!

[klavieronin]

"Piano Shop on the Left Bank" by Thad Carhart is a great little novel for piano lovers. I also enjoyed "The Great Pianists" by Harold C Schonberg.

[sdphins]

Thank you very much!

[dogperson]

A few:
Chopin: Pianist and Teacher as seen by his teacher
A Soprano in her head
The perfect Wrong Note
Grand Obsession

[ted]

"Delius" by Eric Fenby
"Delius as I Knew Him" by Eric Fenby
"They All Played Ragtime" by Blesh and Janis
"Bessie Smith" by Elaine Feinstein
"The Symphony", Part 1, Haydn to Dvorak by Robert Simpson
"The Symphony", Part 2, Elgar to the present day by Robert Simpson

[brogers70]

A couple of good novels in which music and the piano play an important , if not central, role:

The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt and
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera

[goldentone]

Beethoven:  His Spiritual Development - J.W.N. Sullivan

Absolutely engrossing.  I've never sensed such authority emanating
from a writer's words.  His perception and understanding regarding Beethoven
and his works are incredible.  It's available on Amazon.