stress from the pressing deadline expectations from Walter Damrosch, conductor of the New York Symphony, who had commissioned the Concerto in F. Thanks to Ernest Hutcheson's kind offer of seclusion for Gershwin at Chautauqua where his quarters were declared off limits to everyone until 4 p.m. daily, Gershwin was able to successfully complete his piano concerto on time. Works Ernest Hutcheson wrote concertos for piano; 2 pianos; and violin, and many solo piano works, such as a transcription of Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries. His music has been little heard in concert or on recordings, but his Australian compatriot Ian Munro has recorded some of his piano pieces. Hutcheson wrote important books The Literature of the Piano, The Elements of Piano Technique, A Musical Guide to Richard Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung, and Elektra, by Richard Strauss: a Guide to the Opera with Musical Examples from the Score, among others. References External links Ernest Hutcheson, The National Portrait Gallery of Australia 1871 births 1951 deaths Australian classical pianists Male classical pianists Australian male composers Australian composers American composers Juilliard School faculty Peabody Institute faculty Australian music educators Piano pedagogues Musicians from Baltimore Presidents of the Juilliard School American male composers