Giants of the Keyboard. 6 Discographies. Wilhelm Kempff, Walter Gieseking, Edwin Fischer, Clara Haskil, Wilhelm Backhaus, Artur Schnabel. [1994]

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John Hunt was born in London on 17th January 1932. He spent his childhood years being brought up in children's homes. At 17 years of age, he joined the Household Cavalry division of the Army where he served for 22 years in the Life Guards Regiment. He left the army and started his next career within the brewing industry, eventually becoming a Publican. He spent his retirement years in Droitwich Spa enjoying his two lifelong passions of Golf and Photography. He sadly passed away on 31st October 2020 before he was able to see his book published.

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John Hunt was born in Windsor and Graduated from University College London, in German language and literature. He has worked in personnel administration, record retailing and bibliographic research for a government agency and is on the lecture panel of the National Federation of Music Societies. In his capacity as Chairman of the Furtwängler Society UK, John Hunt has attended conventions in Rome, Paris and Zürich and has contributed to important reference works about Furtwängler by John Ardoin and Joachim Matzner. He has also translated from the German Jürgen Kesting's important monograph on Maria Callas. John Hunt has published discographies of over 80 performing artists, several of which have run into two or more editions.