About the Author

British composer and musicologist Humphrey Searle (1915-82) wrote scores for films and television. He developed the most authoritative catalog of Liszt's works, which are frequently identified by his numbering system.Virtuoso concert pianist Sara Davis Buechner has been Assistant Professor of Piano at the University of British Columbia since 2003. A former faculty member at Manhattan School of Music and at New York University, she is a music consultant for Dover Publications.