Metamorphoses
The Art of the Virtuoso Piano Transcription

Distributed for Eburon Academic Publishers
312 pages
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6 compact discs, 2 halftones,
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6 3/4 x 9 1/2
Review Quotes
Donald Manildi | curator, International Piano Archives, University of Maryland
“This book is a long-overdue exploration of the field of romantic piano transcriptions and paraphrases. The late de Waal, a superb advocate for this repertoire, discusses the historical, aesthetic, and pianistic elements of these unique works with clarity and insight. His work should be read by all serious pianists and musical historians.”
Frank Cooper | University of Miami
“De Waal illuminates the rather dark area of the keyboard literature known as transcriptions with penetrating gaze and insight. He shows his reader both the breadth and the depth of his subject across time, reckons surely with the dated concepts which have hindered pianists from exploring this repertoire, and argues for the purely aesthetic value of the genre. This is a book of great interest for all who love the piano.”
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