Well, it’s that crazy time of year again and you know what that means. Summer is almost upon us! Is reading in your plans? If so, here are some juicy pianistic treats to dive into. Do you have more books to share? Please, please do!

Midnight Arpeggios: An Illustrated Philosophy of Practicing and Music, M.J. Murphy (available for Kindle and Nook; iBook coming soon)

Mr. Langshaw’s Square Piano: The Story of the First Pianos and how they caused a Cultural Revolution, Madeline Goold

Piano Forte: The Colonial New Zealand Piano, Kristine Moffat

The Piano Lesson, August Wilson

The Secret Piano: From Mao’s Labor Camps to Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Zhu Xiao-Mei

Alice’s Piano: The Life of Alice Hertz-Sommer, Melissa Muller & Reinhard Piechocki

Memoirs of a Secret Pianist: Learning the Piano Later in Life, Robert M. Fells

for kids…

Hit the Right Note, Basher & Dan Green

Piano Piano, David Cali & Eric Heliot

Pictures at an Exhibition, Anna Harwel Celenza (also check out Rhapsody in Blue, Bach’s Goldberg Variations and more by this author)

Lulu’s Piano Lesson, Arlene Alda

My Friend the Piano, Catherine Cowan

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