Paul Harris has established an international reputation as one of Britain's leading educationalists. He studied clarinet and conducting at the Royal Academy of Music, He then went on to study music education with Professor Keith Swanwick at the University of London.He has well over 200 publications to his name; most are concerned with music education dealing primarily with stimulating and helping young players to develop their musical skills. His compositions also include a number of extended and more serious works. Recently he has made a major contribution to the English National Curriculum. He is an examiner for the Associated Board and adjudicates at music festivals and various national competitions. In addition he has undertaken research into specialist music education for the highly talented - an interest that has taken him to many musical institutions around the world.

Music Through Time is another well-established series and this volume should prove a very useful addition to it . . . There is a good variety of music here; the 'Fantastical Micro Variations' on a theme by Mozart should bring entertainment all round, transforming the theme from the first movement of the Clarinet Concerto into, among others, a can-can, a valse, a tango and a beguine.

• Coranto ; Sinfonia a Johann Sebastian Bach ; Sonata ; Adagio from Concerto No. 3 ; Allegretto from Divertimento No. 2 K131 ; Adagio from Sonata No. 7 ; Pot Pourri ; Song without Words, op. 67, No. 2 ; Andante ; Dances from Szeged ; Tango-Pasodoble ; Christmas Dance ; Pie Jesu ; Fantastical Micro-variations on a theme by Mozart