Piano Competition: the Story of the Leeds

Recounts how Fanny Waterman helped start the Leeds International Piano Competition in 1963, and looks at the structure of the competitions

Piano Competition: The Story of the Leeds

Arts & Photography

Thompson, Wendy

Waterman, Fanny

Music

Faber&Faber

Founded in 1963, the Leeds is firmly established as one of the world's great piano competitions. In this history of the Leeds, Fanny Waterman, co-founder with Marion Harewood, speaks to Wendy Thompson about the perils of music competitions and recalls some of the Leeds' performances and triumphs.

Faber and Faber

Franz Peter Schubert (Composer's World)

Faber And Faber Juvenile

This biography looks at the life and work of Claude Debussy. Illustrated with impressionist and "art nouveau", the book portrays Debussy's life against the backdrop of turn-of-the-century Paris. Simple keyboard arrangements of some of Debussy's work are also included.

Composer's World -- Claude Debussy (Faber Edition)

A PopSugar and BookBub Most Anticipated Romance of 2022!\nHow do you solve the Perfect Equation? Add one sharp-tongued mathematician to an aloof, handsome nobleman. Divide by conflicting loyalties and multiply by a daring group of women hell-bent on conducting their scientific experiments. The solution is a romance that will break every rule.\nSix years ago, Miss Letitia Fenley made a mistake, and she’s lived with the consequences ever since. Readying herself to compete for the prestigious Rosewood Prize for Mathematics, she is suddenly asked to take on another responsibility—managing Athena’s Retreat, a secret haven for England’s women scientists. Having spent the last six years on her own, Letty doesn’t want the offers of friendship from other club members and certainly doesn’t need any help from the insufferably attractive Lord Greycliff.\nLord William Hughes, the Viscount Greycliff cannot afford to make any mistakes. His lifelong dream of becoming the director of a powerful clandestine agency is within his grasp. Tasked with helping Letty safeguard Athena’s Retreat, Grey is positive that he can control the antics of the various scientists as well as manage the tiny mathematician—despite their historic animosity and simmering tension.\nAs Grey and Letty are forced to work together, their mutual dislike turns to admiration and eventually to something...magnetic. When faced with the possibility that Athena’s Retreat will close forever, they must make a choice. Will Grey turn down a chance to change history, or can Letty get to the root of the problem and prove that love is the ultimate answer?

The Encyclopedia of Music: A Guide to the Greatest Composers and the Instruments of the Orchestra

Wade-Matthews, Max

Lorenz Books

Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer's World)

Children's Books

Biographies

Viking Juvenile

"Composer's World" is a new series of picture books for readers aged ten upwards, illustrating the lives and times of the world's greatest composers. It examines each composer's life and work within the context of the external factors which influenced his career. Almost 200 years ago Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in poverty at the age of 35. Born into a Europe dominated by the aristocracy, where composers relied on private patronage to earn their living, Mozart had attempted to break free from the shackles of servitude and become one of the first genuine "freelance" musicians. Though doomed to failure, he nevertheless left us a monumental legacy of over 600 masterpieces. Mozart lived and worked in some of Europe's most beautiful cities, and this illustrated biography brings his world to life. Musical extracts from some of Mozart's best-loved works - in simple keyboard arrangements - are also included.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer's World)

Introduces the life and works of the great composer, and sets him in the context of his times

Joseph Haydn (Composer's World)

Teen & Young Adult

Franz Schubert (Composer's World)

Illustrations and extracts from his most popular works help chronicle the life of the composer Tchaikovsky, who combined the traditions of his native Russia with the Western symphony

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Composer's World)

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

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