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ANDERSON, JANET. - Playing With Courage. A Biography of Viola Tunnard.

Norwich: The Erskine Press, 2001. 1852970707. 1st edition. Known as 'the musician's musician', Viola Tunnard was amongst the foremost accompanists. "Known as ' the musician's musician' she was a distinguished pianist in her own right and her career spanned some forty years. she worked tirelessly on ENSA tours throughout England and abroad with Joyce Grenfell during World War Two, she was a colleague of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears and was vital to the suucess of many Covent Garden and Aldeburgh Festival productions." Pp.111, occasional black & white photographs, inscribed by the auther to front free endpaper. Blue boards, dustwrapper. VG/VG. PLUS: SIGNED 6"X 8" BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPH of Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten and Viola Tunnard. Signed by both Pears and Britten. Tear to lower edge and creased tear to upper portion of photo, unfortunately affecting Britten's signature. Scarce.
GBP 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 296.5 US$ 317.4 | JP¥ 49952] Book number 50970

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