England's Piano Sage: The Life and Teachings of Tobias Matthay

Pianist and teacher Tobias Matthay (1858-1945) believed that science could unlock the secrets of artistic success, and his revolutionary theories, first expressed in his 1903 landmark study The Act of Touch, soon began to attract worldwide attention. Eventually, at London's Royal Academy of Music, and at his own internationally famous school on Wimpole Street, he trained some of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century, including Dame Myra Hess, Irene Scharrer, Sir Clifford Curzon, Yo...