Ágnes Lakos writes the following about her four-volume piano tutor, enlivened with cheerful illustrations by Christina Diederich: “A friendly piano tutor, without dry finger exercises, full of little masterpieces and colourful as a picture book! Piano playing can only be learnt with attractive, good quality works from the very beginning.

J. S. Bach composed masterful character pieces for his children and his many pupils: 18th-century piano tutors contained a selection of performance pieces,...