Harold Taylor graduated from the Royal Manchester College of Music (now the RNCM) and then studied in Paris under Thiberge and Alfred Cortot. He subsequently developed a career as pianist, lecturer-recitalist, writer and teacher, and as Head of Music at Bromsgrove College. His knowledge of pianism and pianists was encyclopaedic and he brought to his teaching both expertise and a sympathetic understanding.

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• Foreword by John Ogden;Preface;1. Towards a Definition of Talent;2. The Basis of Co-ordination;3. 'Expansion' versus 'Contraction;4. The Researches of Raymond Thiberge;5. 'Vous êtes bien assis?';6. Co-ordination with the Keyboard;7. The Teaching of Raymond Thiberge;8. Freedom and Flexibility;9. The Thumb;10. Technical Notes on some Chopin Studies;11. Studying, Repertoire and Performance;Biographical Notes;Bibliography

Harold Taylor graduated from the Royal Manchester College of Music (now the RNCM) and then studied in Paris under Thiberge and Alfred Cortot. He subsequently developed a career as pianist, lecturer-recitalist, writer and teacher, and as Head of Music at Bromsgrove College. His knowledge of pianism and pianists was encyclopaedic and he brought to his teaching both expertise and a sympathetic understanding.

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• Foreword by John Ogden;Preface;1. Towards a Definition of Talent;2. The Basis of Co-ordination;3. 'Expansion' versus 'Contraction;4. The Researches of Raymond Thiberge;5. 'Vous êtes bien assis?';6. Co-ordination with the Keyboard;7. The Teaching of Raymond Thiberge;8. Freedom and Flexibility;9. The Thumb;10. Technical Notes on some Chopin Studies;11. Studying, Repertoire and Performance;Biographical Notes;Bibliography

Harold Taylor graduated from the Royal Manchester College of Music (now the RNCM) and then studied in Paris under Thiberge and Alfred Cortot. He subsequently developed a career as pianist, lecturer-recitalist, writer and teacher, and as Head of Music at Bromsgrove College. His knowledge of pianism and pianists was encyclopaedic and he brought to his teaching both expertise and a sympathetic understanding.

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• Foreword by John Ogden;Preface;1. Towards a Definition of Talent;2. The Basis of Co-ordination;3. 'Expansion' versus 'Contraction;4. The Researches of Raymond Thiberge;5. 'Vous êtes bien assis?';6. Co-ordination with the Keyboard;7. The Teaching of Raymond Thiberge;8. Freedom and Flexibility;9. The Thumb;10. Technical Notes on some Chopin Studies;11. Studying, Repertoire and Performance;Biographical Notes;Bibliography