First published in 1920, this book contains a fantastic guide to
teaching piano playing for music teachers, written by Tobias Matthay.
Tobias Augustus Matthay (1858 - 1945) was an English pianist, composer,
and teacher. He was taught composition while at the Royal Academy of
Music by Arthur Sullivan and Sir William Sterndale Bennett, and he was
instructed in the piano by William Dorrell and Walter Macfarren.
Contents include: "Method in its Good and Its Bad Sense", "Fad-Methods
to be Avoided", "Method in its Helpful Sense", "Cramming v. Teaching",
"Method v. Teaching Devices", "Example of Method in Teaching, Fore-am
Rotation", "Repetition of Formulae Useless, Knowledge of Facts
Essential", etc. This timeless handbook will be of considerable utility
to piano teachers and students alike, and it would make for a worthy
addition to allied collections. Other notable works by this author
include: "The Act Of Touch In All Its Diversity" (1903), "The First
Principles of Pianoforte Playing (1905)" and "Relaxation Studies"
(1908). Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and
expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume
now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a
specially-commissioned new biography of the author.
