Portuguese Piano Music: An Introduction and Annotated Bibliography (2013) https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780810883000
"Keyboard music from Portugal contains some of the least familiar scores of any European country. The outstanding new book on Portuguese piano music by the internationally renowned performer and pedagogue Nancy Lee Harper will undoubtedly do much to hopefully alleviate this venerable problem….It is a rare to find such an incredibly valuable research tool as Harper’s book, especially when it is written by a marvellous performing artist. No intelligent musician interested in Western piano music should be without this book!" Joseph Banowetz, Piano Journal
"This publication is the only one of its kind to deal with the subject….Our thanks go to the author for making this large body of information available to all pianists and librarians. Highly recommended." --Maurice Hinson, Clavier Companion
"As one listens to the accompanying CD, on which the author skillfully renders a wide selection of works from the eighteenth to twenty first centuries, from sonatas to electro-acoustic compositions, one realizes just what pleasant surprises we have deprived ourselves of through our general ignorance of Portugal's musical heritage, particularly its lustrous history of keyboard music. There are many hours of listening pleasure to be gained from this repertory. . . . Harpers triune approach, embracing historical narrative, easy-to-access bibliographic information, and actual recordings, will do much to stimulate interest not only in well-established figures such as Seixas but also in less-renowned composers like Luis Pipa. . . . Nancy Lee Harper is a leader among those mapping the terrain." — Walter Clark, Music & Letters
"Keyboard music from Portugal contains some of the least familiar scores of any European country. The outstanding new book on Portuguese piano music by the internationally renowned performer and pedagogue Nancy Lee Harper will undoubtedly do much to hopefully alleviate this venerable problem….It is a rare to find such an incredibly valuable research tool as Harper’s book, especially when it is written by a marvellous performing artist. No intelligent musician interested in Western piano music should be without this book!" Joseph Banowetz, Piano Journal
"This publication is the only one of its kind to deal with the subject….Our thanks go to the author for making this large body of information available to all pianists and librarians. Highly recommended." --Maurice Hinson, Clavier Companion
"As one listens to the accompanying CD, on which the author skillfully renders a wide selection of works from the eighteenth to twenty first centuries, from sonatas to electro-acoustic compositions, one realizes just what pleasant surprises we have deprived ourselves of through our general ignorance of Portugal's musical heritage, particularly its lustrous history of keyboard music. There are many hours of listening pleasure to be gained from this repertory. . . . Harpers triune approach, embracing historical narrative, easy-to-access bibliographic information, and actual recordings, will do much to stimulate interest not only in well-established figures such as Seixas but also in less-renowned composers like Luis Pipa. . . . Nancy Lee Harper is a leader among those mapping the terrain." — Walter Clark, Music & Letters