Traces keyboard playing from its beginnings to the end of the 19th century; discusses all the instruments -- organ, harpsichord, clavichord, piano; quotes from letters, diaries, reviews, and method books; includes full chapters on Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, and Liszt; has major sections on the great performers and composers from Frescobaldi and Couperin to Debussy and Rachmaninoff; Belongs in the library of every keyboard performer and teacher
