The Waterman/Harewood Piano Series series
The publication of the Waterman/Harewood Series in 1967 launched Faber Music's educational list and firmly established its reputation in the market. Piano Lessons Book 1 was one of the first 'modern' piano tutors, written by Fanny Waterman and Marion Harewood, daughter of the musicologist and Schoenberg pupil, Erwin Stein. Their piano tutor series Me and my piano, published in 1989, is now a best-seller in Faber Music's educational list; combined sales of their publications will soon reach two million copies.
The Watermann/Harewood Piano Series - devised jointly by the world famous piano teacher Fanny Watermann and her co-founder of the Leeds International Piano Competition, Marion Harewood (now Thorpe) - is established as one of the foremost piano methods. It represents a distillation of the thoroughness, inspiration and sense of adventure that characterise Fanny Watermann's own teaching methods. The excellence of the musical material and attractive presentation have won universal acclaim. The series is establishes as one of the foremost modern piano methods.
