Teacher and pianist. Born Clapham. 1903 he published "The Act of Touch" a book on piano playing technique and learning. This and other books and his Tobias Matthay Pianoforte School in Oxford Street and then in Wimpole Street made him extremely influential in the piano world. Died at his country home near Haslemere.
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Tobias Matthay
Tobias Matthay, 1858 - 1945, teacher and pianist, lived here. Greater London ...
Subsidises projects which foster tolerance and mutual understanding of the sufferings caused by the Nazi regime on the territory of present-day Austria. Keeping alive the memory of the victims as a...
Founded by Thomas Sutton in 1611, the year of his death. An ex-Carthusian priory near Smithfield was used for the school - thus pupils are known as Carthusians. Sutton was buried in the chapel. Th...
Former primary school, presumably named for Amy Johnson, the connection being the (sort of) proximity of Croydon Airport.
Written by William Johnson Cory. First performed in 1863, the first verse goes:. . . . Jolly boating weather, And a hay harvest breeze, Blade on the feather, Shade off the trees,...
