Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln

The story of Teresa Carreño, a child prodigy who played piano for Abraham Lincoln.

As a little girl, Teresa Carreño loved to let her hands dance across the beautiful keys of the piano. If she felt sad,…

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