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Article: The Pianist's Dictionary.(Book Review)
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The Pianist's Dictionary. By Maurice Hinson. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004. [x, 221 p. ISBN 0-253-344050-0. $39.95.] Bibliography.
For more than 30 years the industrious Maurice Hinson, professor of music at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, has produced a steady stream of reference books dealing with all aspects of the classical piano literature. All have appeared under the imprint of Indiana University Press. Some, notably his 1972 Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire, have undergone one or more revisions or expansions. Hinson's latest contribution is an attempt to compile a dictionary of names, terms, and titles pertaining to the entire ...