This 212-page collection focuses on the varied styles and ethnic influences found in American piano music over the last two and a quarter centuries. Historical and biographical background, performance notes, and suggested realizations of ornaments are provided by Dr. Hinson. Editor: Maurice Hinson SONGLIST: 12th Street Rag [Bowman, Euday] All That Meat And No Potatoes [Waller, Fats] [Kirkeby, Ed] Barcarolle Op.28 No.1 [Beach, Amy] Battle Of Manassas [Wiggins, Thomas "Blind Tom"] Bethena -- A Concert Waltz [Joplin, Scott] Blue Moon [Rodgers, Richard] [Hart, Lorenz] Blue Rondo A La Turk [Brubeck, Dave] Boogie Woogie Etude [Gould, Morton] Columbia (Caprice Americaine On "My Old Kentucky Home") [Gottschalk, Louis Moreau] Dizzy Fingers [Confrey, Zez] Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me [Ellington, Duke] [Russell, Bob] Don't Get Around Much Anymore [Ellington, Duke] [Russell, Bob] Eager Beaver [Kenton, Stan] Euphonic Sounds [Joplin, Scott] Fiddle-Faddle [Anderson, Leroy] In A Mist [Beiderbecke, Bix] Jazz Pizzicato [Anderson, Leroy] Juba [Dett, Nathaniel] Kitten On The Keys [Confrey, Zez] Laura [Raksin, David] [Mercer, Johnny] Love Song [Barber, Samuel] March Wind Op.46 No.10 [Macdowell, Edward] Medley (Campfire on the Ice) [Finney, Ross Lee] Narcissus Op.14 No.4 [Nevin, Ethelbert] Nola [Arndt, Felix] Novelette In Fourths [Gershwin, George] Old Folks At Home (Way Down Upon The Swanee River) [Stephen, Foster] On Bended Knees (Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen) [Burleigh, Harry T.] Over The Rainbow (The Wizard Of Oz) [Arlen, Harold] Pavane (Symphonette No.2) [Gould, Morton] Prelude No.2 (Blue Lullaby) [Gershwin, George] Sleigh Ride [Anderson, Leroy] Swanee [Caesar, Irving] [Gershwin, George] The Cat And The Mouse (Scherzo Humoristique) [Copland, Aaron] The Duke And The Count [Williams, Mary Lou] The Jitterbug Waltz [Waller, Fats] The Lake At Evening Op.5 No.1 [Griffes, Charles] The Man I Love [Gershwin, George] [Gershwin, Ira] The Syncopated Clock [Anderson, Leroy] Tiger Rag [Original Dixieland Jazz Band] Variations To Adeste Fideles [Taylor, Raynor] Yankee Doodle arranged as a Rondo [Carr, Benjamin]