The Pedagogical Writings of Marguerite Long: A Reassessment of Her Impact on the French School of Piano

Marguerite Long, the most important French female pianist of the 20th century, left her stamp on a whole epoch of musical life in Paris.

The Pedagogical Writings of Marguerite Long presents English translations of the two major contributions of Marguerite Long to the literature of piano pedagogy. These translations of her pedagogical works, Le Piano and La Petite Méthode de piano, provide a window to the old French school of pianism as modernized by Long. Le Piano is a remarkable text offer...