Queen's Beasts - Fly, Leslie

An attractive album containing instructions on touch and phrasing, inspired by the birds and beasts to be found on British coats of arms. Suggested grade 2-3

Leslie Fly was one of several house composers working for Forsyth Brothers Limited in the early 1920s, at a time when our music publishing department was based in London. Fly was music master at Caterham School and his imaginative compositions, marked by literary themes such as fairy tales, Arthurian legends and the tales of Robin Hood, were often composed specifically for teaching purposes.

His works are still regularly to be found on the exam syllabi. Other popular editions still in print include Canterbury Tales, Partnership Pieces, Robin Hood and the newly re-engraved classic Snow White.

1. The Lion of England and the Unicorn of Scotland
2. The Falcon of the Plantagenets
3. The Yale of the Beauforts
4. The Griffin of Edward III
5. The Bull of Clarence
6. The White Lion of Mortimer
7. The Greyhound of the Tudors
8. The Dragon of the Tudors
9. The White Horse of Hanover