Beethoven on Beethoven: Playing His Piano Music His Way
- ISBN-10
- 0393307190
- ISBN-13
- 9780393307191
- Category
- Music
- Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Author
- William S. Newman
Description
“'Must' reading for any pianist concerned with Beethoven's music, which is to say almost every pianist alive.” —William Rothstein, Musical Times
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