With After the Golden Age – Romantic Pianism and Modern Performance, Kenneth Hamilton has written a fantastic book on the performance style of the great pianists and composers from the Romantic era to the modern age. He studied countless sources and describes in detail the different views and styles of performance of the pianists. With numerous quotes and anecdotes, the book, written in English, is a very lively read and provides a great deal of insight for a better understanding of the recordings, some of which survive on music rolls.