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The good companion.(Geoffrey Parsons: Among Friends)(Book review)
Geoffrey Parsons: Among Friends, by Richard Davis; ABC Books, 2006, $39.95.
THE MUSICAL IMPORTANCE accorded to pianists who eschew a soloist career in favour of professionally accompanying singers and instrumentalists in recitals has always been somewhat controversial. Are they not good enough for a solo job? Or is the pay better? Peter Dawson, the world-famous Australian bass-baritone whose time in the international sunshine came during the first half of the twentieth century, said that it would be ideal if his piano accompanist would be hidden behind a screen or off-stage.
The first piano accompanist whose musical standing was acknowledged as equal to ...
- Geoffrey Parsons : OBITUARIES
- Newspaper article from: The Independent - London Noel Goodwin January 28, 1995 700+ words
...career as an accompanist was spent in the shadow of Gerald Moore, Geoffrey Parsons established his own reputation for the kind of...being in the right place at the right time when Gerald Moore was unavailable to play for Gerhard Husch, the...
- Classical GEOFFREY PARSONS REMEMBERED Wigmore Hall, London
- Newspaper article from: The Independent - London Edward Seckerson July 17, 1995 700+ words
A smiling Geoffrey Parsons is pictured waving from the cover of the programme book. But...simply "moved into our imaginations". It's true. And the Geoffrey Parsons Memorial Trust will see to it that new generations of pianists...
- Obituary: Geoffrey Parsons
- Newspaper article from: The Independent - London ROGER VIGNOLES February 6, 1995 700+ words
If I had to choose one word to describe the playing of Geoffrey Parsons, it would be "immaculate", writes Roger Vignoles {further to the obituary by Noel Goodwin, 28 January}. No other can do...
- Gerald Moore Joins American Bio Medica Corp. Board of Directors.
- Press release article from: Business Wire May 10, 1999 700+ words
...Bio Medica Corp. (NASDAQ: ABMC) Monday announced that Gerald Moore, former President and Chief Executive Officer of UNIPATH...directors are an important resource for American Bio Medica. Gerald Moore brings a wealth of managerial skills and entrepreneurial...
- ABMC CEO And President Aromando to Take Leave of Absence; Gerald Moore Assumes...
- Press release article from: Business Wire December 12, 2001 700+ words
...as the company's president and chief executive officer. Gerald Moore, chairman of the ABMC board of directors, will assume the...the sales cycles for several more high profile accounts. Gerald Moore will continue to strengthen ABMC." About American Bio Medica...
- Gerald Moore Appointed ABMC President and CEO; Company Chairman Had Assumed...
- Press release article from: Business Wire February 7, 2002 700+ words
...2002 American Bio Medica Corporation (NASDAQ: ABMC) today announced that its board of directors has officially appointed Gerald Moore president and chief executive officer. Moore succeeded Robert L. Aromando Jr. as acting president and CEO when Aromando...
- Circle of friends
- Magazine article from: Opera News Kennedy, Michael August 1, 1996 700+ words
...Johnson, forty-six years old and one of the world's foremost accompanists, in the tradition of the late Gerald Moore and Geoffrey Parsons. Although it was his brainchild, Johnson gives most of the credit to Hyperion's creator and proprietor...
- Composers in Red Sneakers court their return
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Richard Dyer, Globe Staff February 10, 1995 700+ words
...Australian accompanist Geoffrey Parsons. He was 65. After the retirement of Gerald Moore in the mid-1960s...my musical life with Geoffrey Parsons, ever prepared, ever...song, every time. Geoffrey Parsons was a master at this...
