The artless musician

from the back flap: "Sidney Harrison climbed on to a piano stool at the age of four and is still there. As a child he was something of a prodigy, appearing at the Queens Hall at the age of thirteen. But he was never above playing anything for anybody or being general 'explained', coach and accompanist at school. As a student, he paid his way by working in the entertainment world before he established himself as a recitalist-broadcaster and became Professor at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama - where he was trained."