ABC Manual A - Harris, Cuthbert

The Cuthbert Harris piano albums are loved by teachers and pupils alike for both their play-ability and the progressive way they challenge and develop the technique of the improving player. Contains short pieces and studies together with questions and answers about the rudiments of music. Suggested grade 0-1.

1. A Little Study
2. A Little Melody
3. Haymaker's Song
4. Study
5. By the Brook
6. Rustic Dance
7. Study
8. Lullaby
9. Royal Procession
10. Study (chords)
11. Study (arpeggios)
12. An Old Legend
13. Huntsman's Song
14. Finger Study
15. Wild Roses
16. Finger Study
17. Marching Along
18. Finger Study
19. A Morning Canter
20. Scale Study
21. A Little Dance

Composer and musicologist Cuthbert Harris was born in Holloway, London and attended the London Organ School and the London Academy of Music before graduating in music from the University of Durham. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists in July 1889 and was professor of organ and composition at the London Organ School.

His considerable skill and experience of writing for learners is evident throughout the collections of tutors, studies and piano pieces still published by Forsyth today. The books are both lively and imaginative and carefully lead the pupil through every stage necessary to develop a complete technique. He also wrote a fantastic selection of short pieces for piano under the pseudonym Gladys Cumberland, also published by Forsyth.