Books for the piano?

Girish Kulkarni · Joined: 10 Jan 2008 Posts: 1

Hi,

My girlfriend recently got a Yamaha PSR-E303 digital piano and we have
been looking for good books that will help her learn playing it better
and also appreciating classical music.

Although I admire classical music, my listening has been limited to
Beethoven's sonatas---played by Alfred Brendel---and his symphonies.
In particular, I am completely ignorant of well-known writers and
celebrated literature in this field.

It would be wonderful if someone on this group could suggest some such
books. We're looking for books that could serve as an introduction to
playing classical piano and playing it on a digital keyboard, but also
books that touch upon, say, the history of music with the
piano.

[I am posting this message here, after posting it once on
res.music.classical, but without any response.]

Thank you,
Girish.

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Girish Kulkarni - Allahabad, India - http://girish.50webs.com

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Derrick Fawsitt · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 8

In message
,
Girish Kulkarni writes
>Hi,
>
>My girlfriend recently got a Yamaha PSR-E303 digital piano and we have
>been looking for good books that will help her learn playing it better
>and also appreciating classical music.
>
>Although I admire classical music, my listening has been limited to
>Beethoven's sonatas---played by Alfred Brendel---and his symphonies.
>In particular, I am completely ignorant of well-known writers and
>celebrated literature in this field.
>
>It would be wonderful if someone on this group could suggest some such
>books. We're looking for books that could serve as an introduction to
>playing classical piano and playing it on a digital keyboard, but also
>books that touch upon, say, the history of music with the
>piano.
>
> [I am posting this message here, after posting it once on
>res.music.classical, but without any response.]
>
>Thank you,
>Girish.
>
>--
>Girish Kulkarni - Allahabad, India - http://girish.50webs.com

I have replied to this directly by email.
--
Derrick Fawsitt

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