This is the essential guide for playing piano duets. The author provides detailed analyses of all the major and minor works and gives performance advice as well. This is indispensable for the pianist.

The author outlines the basic organization of a duet, discusses many pieces written for four hands, giving their varying degrees of difficulty, & generally makes clear the problems & intricacies of playing piano duets. The book includes nearly 200 musical illustrations, illuminating discussions of most of the important compositions & composers. There is also an exceptionally valuable appendix that lists the entire piano duet repertoire. Contents: *Introduction *The piano duet style *The early days: J.C. Bach & Mozart *Beethoven *Schubert: The variations & divertissements *Schubert: The sonatas & fantasies *Schubert: The smaller pieces *Weber & Mendelssohn *Schumann *Brahms *A miscellany: Chopin, Liszt, & a few others *Grieg & Dvorak *The Russians *The French: Bizet, Faure, Ravel, Debussy *The French: Florent Schitt, Chabrier, Satie, Poulenc *Later days *Epilogue *Appendix A: A note on the two piano literature *Appendix B: historical & bibliographical notes *Appendix C: Duet material for beginning pianists *Index of compositions covered *General index