Dave Brubeck Smithsonian Interview Block 231 (Q7142)

I grew up listening to Bach - from my mother - and Beethoven. All the classic literature for piano: Debussy, Ravel, and many other things, but those were the main things that she practiced all the time. So I had a knowledge of the good piano literature just by hearing it from her - hearing her teach it during the day, and then after dinner, she usually went into her studio, and when I was in b ...