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TitleEditionYear of PublicationContributorsCountry of PublicationPossible Copyright StatusAvailable Online?
The Aesthetics of Pianoforte-Playing1907Adolf Kullak, Theodore Baker, Hans BischoffUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPage view available
Analyse des actes du virtuose1923Raymond ThibergeUnknownUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Answers to the 101 questions suitable for candidates studying for the pianoforte teaching diplomas of the A. R. C. M., L. R. A. M., L. Mus: T. C. L., etc1929James ChingUnited KingdomCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The appreciation of music by means of the "pianola' and "duo-art'1925Percy Alfred Scholes, Sir Alexander Mackenzie, Reginald ReynoldsUnknownCopyrightedCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusCopyrighted
The appreciation of rare violins[1st ed.]1945Pat BallardUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedPage view available
The art of improvisation1934Thomas Carl WhitmerUnited StatesCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusPublic DomainUnknown copyright status
The art of the pianist1911Harriette BrowerUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
The artist at the piano1910George WoodhouseUnited KingdomPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Bewegungsphysiologische voraussetzungen zur technischen beherrschung der musikinstrumente und des gesangs und der weg1927August PestalozziGermanyCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Beyond the baton1939Rose. MalfitanoUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
The capture of inspiration1935José Rodríguez, Merle Armitage, Elie Robert SchmitzUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The carillon in literature; a collection from various authors with some notes on the carillon art1916William Gorham RiceUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPage view available
Carillon music and singing towers of the Old world and the New1925William Gorham RiceUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Carillons of Belgium and Holland; tower music in the Low Countries1914William Gorham RiceUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Contributions to the art of music in America by the music industries of Boston, 1640 to 19361937Christine Merrick AyarsUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Creative music for children1922Satis N. (Satis Narrona) ColemanUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Cremona: eine Charakteristik der italienischen Geigenbauer und ihrer Instrumente1928Wilhelm Altmann, Friedrich NiederheitmannGermanyCopyrightedCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Cremona violin technique1937Justin GilbertCanadaUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Das Atlantisbuch der Musik1934Martin Hürlimann, Fred HamelGermanyCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrighted
Das Cembalo: eine Geschichtliche und Technische Betractung der Kielinstrumente1934Hanns Neupert, Helen I. FiskGermanyCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Das seelenpflege-bedürftige kind1930Theodor Storm, Ita. Wegman, Edmund PrachtGermanyCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Die individuelle Klaviertechnik auf der Grundlage des schöpferischen Klangwillens1930C. A. MartienssenGermanyCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Die italienische Lira da braccio: Eine Kunst-historische Studie zur Geschichte der Violine, nebst einem Anhang mit Nachrichten über einige der ältesten Violenbauer1892A. HajdeckiYugoslavia (Former)Public DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Die Kunst der Messung im Geigenbau1937Max. MöckelGermanyCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Die Musikinstrumente und ihre Sprache1924Adolf AberGermanyCopyrightedCopyrightedPublic DomainCopyrighted
Die natürliche Klaviertechnik1912Rudolf M. (Rudolf Maria) BreithauptUnknown (outside United States)Public DomainCopyrightedPublic DomainPublic DomainPage view available
Die natürlichen grundlagen der kunst des streichinstrumentspiels1925Wilhelm TrendelenburgGermanyCopyrightedCopyrightedPublic DomainPublic Domain
Die Orgelmusik in Thüringen in der Zeit zwischen 1830 und 1860; ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Orgelmusik des 19. Jh. ...1937Hans-Joachim WagnerGermanyCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Die registrierkunst des orgelspiels in ihren grundlegenden formen1913Rudolf RudolzGermanyPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Dizionarie del violinista1924Nella de Angeli, Henri VerchevalItalyUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
An encyclopedia of the violin1925Frederick Herman Martens, Eugene Ysaye, Alberto BachmannUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainMix of public domain material and material of unknown statusCopyrighted
Essai d'un dictionnaire universel des luthiers1931René. VannesFranceCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Essai sur la technique du piano1935Marie Rose Clouzot, Paul. RoësFranceCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Famous violinists of to-day and yesterday1925Henry Charles LaheeUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
First lessons in extemporizing on the organ1922H. C. (Hamilton Crawford) MacdougallUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Form in primitive music: an analytical and comparative study of the melodic form of some ancient southern California Indian songs1933Helen Heffron RobertsUnited StatesCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Franz Liszt als Lehrer1930Caroline Butini BoissierUnknown (outside United States)CopyrightedPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
A gateway to music1930Wilton Wallace Blancké, Jay SpeckUnited StatesCopyrightedCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Geschichte der Musik in Bildern1929Robert Haas, Hans Schnoor, Georg KinskyGermanyCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrighted
The golden key to Cremona1930Julius D. HorvathUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
A history of music in pictures1930Robert Haas, Hans Schnoor, Georg KinskyUnited StatesUnknown copyright statusCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrighted
How the piano came to be1913Ellye Howell GloverUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
How to enjoy music: a first aid to music listeners1933Ethel R. (Ethel Rose) Peyser, Philip JamesUnited StatesCopyrightedCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusCopyrighted
How to play the piano1922Mark HambourgUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrighted
The International library of music for home and studio: music literature1925United StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
The International library of music for home and studio1925Charles Frederick Dennée, Nicholas De VoreUnited StatesUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The interpretation of piano music1913Mary VenableUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPage view available
L'esercizio tecnico al pianoforte nel nuovo metodo1925Ermenegildo PaccagnellaItalyUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
La musique d'orgue au xve siècle et au début du xvie Huit planches hors texte1930Yvonne (Rihouët) RoksethFranceCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
La musique des Incas et ses survivances1926Raoul d'. Harcourt, Marguerite (Marguerite Béclard) d' HarcourtFranceCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Le piano ami de l'enfant1927SwitzerlandCopyrightedPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
Les secrets de la technique du piano révélés par le film1933Louta NounebergFranceCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Les spectacles à travers les âges: musique, danse1932Jean Camp, Claude Berton, André BollFranceCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrighted
Les violonistes: compositeurs et virtuoses1922Marc PincherleFrancePublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrightedText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Mind over muscle: a technical economy for pianists1924Lillian Jeffreys Petri, Mrs Lillian (Jeffreys) PetriUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Modern masters of the keyboard1926Harriette BrowerUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPage view available
Modern piano pedagogy: its scope1936Frank J. PotamkinUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrightedText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Musical engineering: an engineering treatment of the interrelated subjects of speech, music, musical instruments, acoustics, sound reproduction, and hearing1st ed.1952Harry Ferdinand OlsonUnited StatesCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrighted
Musical instruments1876Carl EngelUnited KingdomPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Musical instruments and their music, 1500-17501928Gerald R. (Gerald Ravenscourt) HayesUnited KingdomCopyrightedCopyrightedPublic DomainPublic Domain
Musical instruments: third year of a study course in music understanding, adopted by the National Federation of Music Clubs1925Edgar Stillman KelleyUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPage view available
Musical secrets1936Lilias MackinnonUnited KingdomCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Musik für dich: ratgeber für musikfreunde und rundfunkhörer1934Fritz BoseGermanyCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Musikerziehung durch den klavierunterricht: eine wegleitung zu musikalischer bildung1925Unknown (outside United States)Public DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
Notes on the piano1963Ernst BaconUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrightedPage view available
Old Fogy: his musical opinions and grotesques1913James HunekerUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
The orchestra and its instruments1917Esther SingletonUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Orchestral bowings and routines2nd. ed., rev. and enl.1957Elizabeth A. H. GreenUnited StatesCopyrightedCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusCopyrighted
Orchestral instruments and their useNew rev. ed.1923Arthur ElsonUnited StatesUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
The organ and its masters: an account of the organists of former days, as well as some of the prominent virtuosi of the present, with a brief sketch of the development of organ constructionNew rev. ed.1927Henry Charles LaheeUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
The organ as musical medium1962John T. FespermanUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusCopyrightedText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
The organ, composers and literature1927David Eric BergUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Organ registration: a comprehensive treatise on the distinctive quality of tone of organ stops, the acoustical and musical effect of combining individual stops, and the selection of stops and combinations for the various phases of organ compositions; together with suggested registration for one hundred organ compositions, hymns, and anthems intended to be played on specific organs1919Everett Ellsworth TruetteUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Oxford piano course teacher's manual1932Osbourne McConathy, Charles John Haake, Gail Martin HaakeUnited StatesCopyrightedCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The pianist's mechanism: a guide to the production and transmission of power in playing1929Abby. WhitesideUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Piano instruction in the schools: a report and interpretation of a national survey1949William R. (William Raymond) SurUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Piano mastery; talks with master pianists and teachers1915Harriette BrowerUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabeKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Piano music: its composers and characteristics1925Clarence G. (Clarence Grant) HamiltonUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Piano playing, with Piano questions answered1920Josef HofmannUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Pianos and their makers1911Alfred DolgeUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Practical orchestration1929Arthur Olaf AndersenUnited StatesCopyrightedCopyrightedPublic DomainCopyrighted
Practical pictorial guide to mechanisms and machines1956Simon S. PalestrantUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusCopyrightedPage view available
Praktische harmonielehre für gitarrespieler1925Egon Stuart WillfortGermanyUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The psychology of piano teaching: a text book for teachers, students, and parents[New & rev. ed.]1957John F. (John Franklin) CarréUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusCopyrightedPage view available
The repairing & restoration of violins1903Horace Petherick, Horace PetherickUnited KingdomPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Rhythmus und anschlag: die lehre des klavierspiels auf der grundlage der natürlichen bewegung1933Rudolf BodeGermanyCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrighted
The riddle of the pianist's finger and its relationship to a touch-scheme1936Arnold SchultzUnited StatesCopyrightedCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusCopyrighted
School of Organ Playing: Based Upon the Course of Instruction of the Schola Cantorum, Paris1921Edward Shippen BarnesUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedPage view available
The shortest way to pianistic perfection1932Walter Gieseking, Karl LeimerUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrighted
A simple treatise on scales and arpeggios for piano1920Benedict BantlyUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The æsthetics of pianoforte-playing1893Adolf Kullak, Hans Bischoff, Theodore BakerUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Stråkharpan: en studie i nordisk instrumenthistoria1924Otto Emanuel AnderssonFinlandCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrighted
Systematic organ pedal technique and general interpretation1936United KingdomCopyrightedPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
Technique d'interprétation sous forme d'essai d'analyse psychologique expérimentale: appliquée aux sonates pour piano et violon de Beethoven1926Elie Poirée, Marcel HerweghFranceCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The temple of tone: a disquisition on the scientific and artistic tonal appointment and control of concert-room, church, and theater organs, according to the advanced system of compound tonal flexibility and expression, with complete specifications1925George Ashdown Audsley, T. Scott (Thomas Scott) BuhrmanUnited StatesUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The true function of relaxation in piano playing: a treatise on the psycho-physical aspect of piano playing, with exercises for acquiring relaxation1922Le Roy B. CampbellUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Unsere Musikinstrumente; eine Einführung in ihre Geschichte1922Ritter von Julius SchlosserUnknownPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
The violin, 'cello and string quartet1927Paul StoevingUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
The violin concerto through a period of nearly 300 years: covering about 3300 concertos, with brief biographies of 1000 composers1928Frederic Barclay EmeryUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The violin: its famous makers and players1928Paul StoevingUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPage view available
Violin making2d ed.1909Walter H. (Walter Henry) Mayson, Walter Henry Mayson, Stransfield MaysonUnited KingdomPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabeKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Violin master works and their interpretation1925Frederick H. Martens, Leopold AuerUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainMix of public domain material and material of unknown statusMix of public domain material and material of unknown statusPage view available
Violin mastery: talks with master violinists and teachers, comprising interviews with Ysaye, Kreisler, Elman, Auer, Thibaud, Heifetz, Hartmann, Maud Powell and others1919Frederick Herman MartensUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Violin tone and violin makers1916Hidalgo Moya, Towry PiperUnited KingdomPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
The violinist's encyclopedic dictionary: containing the explanation of more than 4,500 words, phrases, signs, references, etc., foreign as well as English, used in the study of the violin and also by string players, orchestra directors and players generally. With a list of important composers of violin music, and of old violin makers, as well as bow makers, also rules for pronunciation of foreign terms1928Frederic Barclay EmeryUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
The visible and invisible in pianoforte technique: being a digest of the author's technical teachings up to date1932Tobias MatthayUnited KingdomCopyrightedCopyrightedPublic DomainPublic Domain
Vom musikstab zum modernen Klavier: eine Entwicklungs-Geschichte der Klavierinstrumente1926Hanns NeupertGermanyCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Von der poesie des klavierspiels[2. veràˆnderte aufl.]1911Josef PembaurGermanyPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusPublic DomainUnknown copyright status
What every piano pupil should know: a manuel for piano students1928Clarence G. (Clarence Grant) HamiltonUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
What makes an orchestra1951Jan B. BaletUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrightedPage view available
Who's who in the orchestra1927Sir Paul DukesUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status