Mr. King (Dora's father) et al. in Portsmouth
from Those Happy Highways: an autobiography, page 31:
As a reward for passing the entrance exam to the Secondary School [age 11], my parents had bought me a piano, second hand, of course, but nevertheless quite a nice one, and which I have to this day. I was very keen to be able to play, and had a lesson once a week from a quiet ladylike teacher who lived nearby. This went on for two years and I practiced regularly, but then my father [who had been pensioned out of the navy and worked a regular job] began grumbling at the practice, … more >>
Dora Hannan, Those Happy Highways: an autobiography. In Brunel University, The Burnett Archive of Working Class Autobiographies, number 2:357, p. 31. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1527948907057 accessed: 13 October, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composersPiano music and scales | performed by Dora Hannan |
Experience Information
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in private, indoors |
Notes
Additional biographical information taken from the Writing Lives project website: http://www.writinglives.org/researchinglives/dora-r-hannan-1909-2001-researching-writing-lives