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The Day I Met Myself
Author, music critic, artist and musician, Peter was born in Northwich, cheshire in 1925, inheriting his musical interests from his father who was a cellist. Educated at Sir John Deane's Grammar School, he won a scholarship to Manchester college but towards the end of the Second World War was called up to join the army serving in the Royal Armoured Corps as a tank driver, ending with the 25th Dragoons in India. Upon returning to civilian life in 1947 he continued his studies at Wadham College, Oxford, until 1950, where he was poetry editor of the university magazine Isis. He joined the Decca Record Company in 1952 as a music editor leaving in 1960 to become a freelance writer, critic and aut...
The Oxford Companion to Popular Music
One-volume guide to popular music that includes biographical entries.
The A-Z of Classical Composers
A collection of 170 biographies which profile the lives and music of some of history's finest classical composers.
The Little Book of Betjeman
The Little Book of Betjeman is a perceptive evocation of the late Poet Laureate's life and work.
The Little Book of Betjeman
The Little Book of Betjeman is a charming evocation of the late Poet Laureate's life and work and is published to coincide with the centenary of his birth on 28th August 2006, an event that will be widely publicised and observed worldwide. The book is lavishly illustrated throughout, in both colour and black and white, with some hitherto unpublished pictures of the poet and many rare first editions from the author's personal collection. Peter Gammond knew John Betjeman and the members of his circle of friends at Oxford, such as Maurice Bowra, and, as Vice-Chairman and a former Chairman of The John Betjeman Society, he is uniquely qualified to write about Britain's best-loved poet of the 20th century.
Scott Joplin and the ragtime era
Recounts the life and times of the now-legendary pianist and ragtime composer and explores the roots, development, and influence of the musical form in which he excelled.
