"Book contains overviews of Portugal's contributions to solo piano music, piano in instrumental chamber music, piano concerti, piano for multiple pianists including with works with electronics, and didactic piano; pays close attention to women composers. To these overviews author adds an annotated and graded bibliography that presents readers with a comprehensive inventory of compositions. Appendices include a selected discography, list of publishers, and other types of critical source information"--ECIP summary.