Born in London, the daughter of Daisy Kennedy, an Australian concert violinist and Benno Moiseiwitsch, a famous Ukrainian classical pianist, she attended the Central School of Arts and Crafts.

In 1950 critic and musicologist Irving Kolodin said about the Ballade in F minor of Chopin played by Moiseiwitsch: " A featherweight touch in the opening section of this work, an apt feeling for its " once upon a time " narrative quality give Moiseiwitsch pre-eminence among present day interpreters ...", thus summing up the sensitivity of the playing by Benno Moiseiwitsch.

** Benno Moiseiwitsch, Jewish-Ukrainian pianist ( b. 1890 )

The Invitation to the Dance, although better known in Berlioz's orchestration ( as part of the ballet music for a Paris production of Der Freischütz ), has long been played and recorded by pianists ( e. g., Benno Moiseiwitsch Carl Tausig's arrangement ).

He was married to Daisy Kennedy, the ex-wife of Benno Moiseiwitsch.

Notable artistes included Pablo Casals, John McCormack, Elisabeth Schumann, Yehudi Menuhin ( his first appearance was at the age of 15 ), Solomon, Moiseiwitsch, and Maggie Teyte.

Benno Moiseiwitsch CBE ( 22 February 18909 April 1963 ) was a Ukrainian-born British pianist.

Born in Odessa, Ukraine, Moiseiwitsch began his studies at age seven at the Odessa Music Academy.

Moiseiwitsch was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire ( CBE ) in 1946, for his consistent contributions during the Second World War, performing hundreds of recitals to servicemen and charities.

He married Daisy Kennedy, an Australian concert violinist, and had two daughters, Sandra and the set designer, Tanya Moiseiwitsch.

At the piano, Moiseiwitsch was noted for his elegance, poetry, lyrical phrasing, brilliance, rhythmic freedom, and relaxed virtuosity.

* BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / FRANCK: Violin Sonatas ( Heifetz ) — Moiseiwitsch accompanies Jascha Heifetz in Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op.

* Benno Moiseiwitsch Vol 1-Brahms, Mendelssohn, et al.

* Benno Moiseiwitsch ( GHCH 2326 Label: Guild Historical ) — Live recordings of Delius's Piano Concerto and Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini from the Proms in 1955.

* The Art of Piano: Great Pianists of the 20th Century — Moiseiwitsch plays Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2 ( excerpt ), Prelude in B minor Op. 32 ( the beginning contains commentary ) and speaks about a conversation he had with Rachmaninov.

* Benno Moiseiwitsch — An article on Moiseiwitsch by W. S. Meadmore from a March 1940 issue of Gramophone

This biography contains many photos, detailed charts of Ristenpart ’ s productions and a CD with 4 recordings of the Saar Chamber Orchestra under Ristenpart ( Mozart, Sinfonia concertante for 4 winds and orchestra ( Pierre Pierlot, oboe ; Jacques Lancelot, clarinet ; Gilbert Coursier, horn ; Paul Hongne, bassoon ), 1954 ; Albert Roussel, Concert pour petit orchestre, op.

* Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists biography

A full-length biography, The Ballad of Blind Tom, Slave Pianist, by Deirdre O ' Connell, was published by Overlook Press in 2009.

* Deirdre O ' Connell, The Ballad of Blind Tom, Slave Pianist ( biography ), Overlook Press ( 2009 ).

William Fitzstephen ( d. about 1190 ), in his biography of Thomas Becket, gives a graphic sketch of the London of his day and, writing of the summer amusements of the young men, says that on holidays they were " exercised in Leaping, Shooting, Wrestling, Casting of Stones jactu lapidum, and Throwing of Javelins fitted with Loops for the Purpose, which they strive to fling before the Mark ; they also use Bucklers, like fighting Men.

" The news reached readers of The New York Times the next day ; Victor K. McElheny, in researching his biography, " Watson and DNA: Making a Scientific Revolution ", found a clipping of a six-paragraph New York Times article written from London and dated 16 May 1953 with the headline " Form of ` Life Unit ' in Cell Is Scanned.

She commissioned Bernard Crick, a left-wing professor of politics at the University of London, to complete a biography and asked Orwell's friends to co-operate.

* The London Sinfonietta's Andriessen biography page

* Ann Thwaite, Glimpses of the Wonderful: The Life of Philip Henry Gosse, 1810-1888 ( London: Faber & Faber, 2002 ), the definitive biography.

Eisenstein proposed a biography of munitions tycoon Sir Basil Zaharoff and a film version of Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw, and more fully developed plans for a film of Sutter's Gold by Jack London, but on all accounts failed to impress the studio's producers.

As late as 1919, when Roosevelt was working with Joseph Bucklin Bishop on a biography that included a collection of his letters, Roosevelt did not mention either his first or second marriage, which took place in London.

In her 2006 biography, John, ( London: Hodder ; U. S .: Crown Publishing ) Cynthia Lennon portrays Ono as a selfish, spiteful woman.

( 1985 ) Early romantic masters 2: Weber, Berlioz, Medelssohn, The composer biography series, London: Macmillan, ISBN 0-333-39014-8

The Lives of Michel Foucault ( London: Hutchison, 1993 )— This is the most detailed biography of Foucault.

* Miller, James, The Passion of Michel Foucault ( London: HarperCollins, 1993 )— A number of scholars have expressed reservations in relation to some of the sensational claims made in this biography.

* Nevil Shute Norway, Slide Rule ( William Heinemann, London, 1954 ) Norway's biography covers his time at Airspeed in great detail

Edinburgh Review published a " Trocchi Number " in 1985 and their parent house published the biography, The Making of the Monster by Andrew Murray Scott, who had known Trocchi for four years in London and who went on to compile the anthology, Invisible Insurrection, in 1991, also for Polygon.

" The news reached readers of The New York Times the next day ; Victor K. McElheny, in researching his biography, " Watson and DNA: Making a Scientific Revolution ", found a clipping of a six-paragraph New York Times article written from London and dated 16 May 1953 with the headline " Form of ` Life Unit ' in Cell Is Scanned.

Dictionary of national biography, Volume 62 ( London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1900 ) pp. 120 – 23.

In 1965 a biography of Julian entitled Black Eagle was published by The Adventurers Club in London ; another biography of the aviator with the same title written by John Peer Nugent was published in 1971 by Stein and Day in New York.

ISBN 0-297-77550-2 reprint of London, P. Davies, 1932, old, popular biography

* Joanna Richardson published a biography of her: Princess Mathilde ( London & New York, 1969 ).

* Paul Routledge, ' John Hume: a biography ,' Harper-Collins, London, 1997

London: OUP, 1962 ( with an excellent short biography of the explorer by one of Britain's foremost experts on West Africa )

* Christopher Marlowe: a biography, London: Macmillan, 1964

* London, UK, 1994: Hodder & Staughton ; Fallon, Ivan: " The Player, The Life of Tony O ' Reilly " ( HB, 1995, Coronet Books paperback edition )-The authorised biography

* Coco ( 1952 ), London: Hodder & Stoughton ( biography of a dog )

Derek Ansell's full-length biography of McLean, Sugar Free Saxophone ( London: Northway Books, 2012 ), details the story of his career and provides a full analysis of his music on record.