Memoirs of a Middle-Class Pianist, by Edward Rothstein, THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR

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Memoirs of a Middle-Class Pianist

by Edward Rothstein

The American Scholar, Spring 1979, pp. 227-235

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    19. Memoirs of a Middle-Class Pianist by Edward Rothstein, pp. 227-235
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