Singing Together BBC Radio Schools Rhythm and Melody Summer Term 1956. illustrated in linear pen and ink by Derrick Hass (1928-2006) Derrick Hass was the pseudonym of Derrick Ashby.
Derrick had an extraordinary career in advertising, working as an art director in most of London’s top agencies such as Saatchi and Saatchi. He continued to win prizes for his work into the 1990s.
1956 Spring 'Time and Tune' BBC schools Pictures: Derrick Harris (1919-1960), unfortunately I cannot find the interior illustrations for this book but the cover is so much fun, so I have included it. Derrick took his own life aged 40.
A second music magazine by Derrick Hass for the BBC's 'Time and tune published in 1961. Derrick Hass 1928-2006 was a graphic designer and painter who studied at Ealing School of Art and Chelsea School of Art subsequently working as a graphic designer and art director.
Time and Tune, published 1957, illustrated in a very clean graphic style by Derrick Hass (1928-2006) Derrick mainly worked as a poster artist in the 1950s and 60s, creating illustrations for clients including BOAC, the GPO and British Railways. He had a highly successful career in advertising for four decades, working as an art director at several agencies.
I am going to keep going on this exploration of 'Time and Tune' BBC Broadcasts To Schools books as there are so many and I am loving the illustrations and finding so many new to me artists or works by artists I hadn't seen. This one is from 1963 and is illustrated by Walter Hoyle (1922-2000).
Time and Tune BBC radio for Schools Summer 1970, illustrated by Prue Theobalds, who later authored and illustrated lots of teddy bear books.
Illustrations by Peter Monckom from 'Time and Tune BBC Broadcasts to Schools ', Autumn Term 1958, apart from this magazine, I can find nothing more of Peter Monkcom for now.
Ah! I so love adding roman numerals after Brian Wildsmith's name and finding more examples of his life affirming joy giving illustrations. Brian Wildsmith's 'Rhythm and Melody 1962 BBC Song Book WIZARD
The lushness of this purple and richness of the pen illustrations by John Lawrence is so wonderful.
I am loving discovering these illustrated music books by the BBC.
This one is the '1967 BBC Songbook Music For Schools'. John Lawrence (born 15 September 1933 in Hastings is an illustrator and wood engraver. Twice awarded the Francis Williams Award for illustration (sponsored by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London), and been runner-up for the Kurt Emil - Maschler Award.
And like that I am off on a new tangent of BBC music books, with this fabulous blue one by Victor Ambrus (1935-2021) published in 1974.
Victor studied at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts for three years (1953–56), however his four-year course was interrupted by the 1956 Hungarian Revolution against the Soviet-backed government, during which a building that he and his fellow students held came under fire from the Soviets. He fled Hungry in 1956 for Austria and then England where he won a Gulbenkian scholarship to study printmaking and illustration at the Royal college of Art for three years (1957–60).
