Death of Tobias Matthay
‘TOBIAS AUGUSTUS MATTHAY, known as London’s "grand old man of the pianoforte," died recently at the age of 87. Matthay was born in London and, firstga student at the Royal Academy of Music, he later became a professor of the pianoforte at the R.A.M. By close observation of the working of physical and psychological laws, he de-
veloped a system of piano teaching which was expressed in a school organisation of- his own and in a series of books. Many leading British pianists have been his pupils. Among them-were Harriet Cohen, Myra Hess, Irene Scharrer (all Londoners), York Bowen, Felix Swinstead, Sir Arnold Bax (now Master of the King’s Musick), the Rae Robertsons, and Eileen Joyce. Two Matthay pupils of New Zealand interest are Gil Dech (Dunedin) and Valerie Corliss (Wellington). Matthay married one of his pupils, Jessie Henderson Kennedy, who died in 1937. Matthay was a composer as well as a pianist. On his 80th birthday some of his — gathered to honour him and present him with a grand piano. The BBC commemorated the event by a special broadcast of Matthay’s recordings, one of which was made when he was 75 years old.
Musical Wedding Present HAT brilliant composer, E. J. Moeran, whose works are often broadcast in the overseas services of the BBC, recently married the well-known ‘cellist Peers Coetmore, who had done a lot of | touring in the Middle East during the war, and was also an ambulance driver in the London blitz. As a wedding gift he has dedicated to her his new ’cello concerto and she will give the first performance in Dublin. This is in fulfilment of a promise made long ago by Moeran and a recognition of his debt to the Irish, to whom his forbears belonged. | Moeran has in recent years added greatly to his reputation with a Symphony (heard from 1YA on a recent Sunday evening), and a Violin Concerto. The first English performance of the ’cello concerto will be with the Liverpool Philharmonic Society in their next season.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 343, 18 January 1946, Page 17
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