Looking for good books....

[alvaro_galvez]

Im currently looking for good piano books, not sheet music but written books. I´m especially interested in sight reading help books but titles of other books on other subjects of piano playing will also be greatly appreciated.
So, any books you found particularly helpful?

[bernhard]

These threads discuss Howard Richmann’s book on sight reading:

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,3334.msg29381.html#msg29381
(Detailed discussion of Richmann’s book)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,3205.msg28255.html#msg28255
(Richmann’s reviews)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,1976.msg15962.html#msg15962
(Richmann’s book)

For books on other areas, have a look here:


https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,1915.msg14894.html#msg14894
(books on history and interviews with pianists)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2949.msg25928.html#msg25928
(Books that deal with the more philosophical side of piano playing)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,3006.msg26280.html#msg26280
(comparison between Sandor and Fink’s books)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,3034.msg26512.html#msg26512
(best theory books)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2719.msg27081.html#msg27081
(things that improve playing – lots of books)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,3200.msg28099.html#msg28099
(Discussion of books including Chang e Sandor – good discussion on tension)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,3307.msg29126.html#msg29126
(negative reviews of Fink’s book)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,3648.msg32681.html#msg32681
(Books that list and rank the piano repertory)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,4212.msg39204.html#msg39204
(Discussion of Charles Rosen book – especially in relation to reading books while practising)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,4323.msg40258.html#msg40258
(Musician’s biographies)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,4424.msg41175.html#msg41175
(books on music notation)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,5306.msg50454.html#msg50454
(books on improvisation)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,5479.msg52777.html#msg52777
(Library of easy piano classics)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,5619.msg54517.html#msg54517
(books on piano technique)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,5629.msg54681.html#msg54681
(advanced theory books)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,1800.msg13558.html#msg13558
(fiction works featuring pianists)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2735.msg23620.html#msg23620
(books that deal with the physicality of piano playing)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2970.msg25991.html#msg25991
(Areas of study for a complete music syllabus –  books for each area)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2055.msg16939.html#msg16939
(Theory books)

Best wishes,
Bernhard.

[alvaro_galvez]

This one looks pretty good, has any1 tried it?

https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0879307277/ref=pd_sim_b_3/103-2200871-5935812?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance