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Perfect for students and teachers looking for a radical approach to finger and expression technique, this volume collects two classic books bound together by one of greatest pianists of all time and his famed teacher. Includes both The Shortest Way to Pianistic Perfection, and Rhythmics, Dynamics, Pedal and Other Problems of Piano Playing.
Reprint of The Shortest Way to Pianistic Perfection and Rhythmics, 1932 edition, and Dynamics, Pedal and Other Problems of Piano Playing, 1938 edition.
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