Editing Gerald Moore (section)

===Early career as accompanist===
While studying with Mark Hambourg, Moore earned money as an accompanist. The director of the [[Guildhall School of Music and Drama|Guildhall School of Music]], [[Landon Ronald]], heard him play at a recital and advised him to pursue a career as an accompanist.<ref>Moore, p. 29</ref> He toured as accompanist for the singer [[Vladimir Rosing]] along with pianist [[Myra Hess]] in the north of England in late 1922.<ref>"The Max Mossell Concerts." Dundee Evening Telegraph, 27 October 1922, p. 3.</ref>

In 1921 Moore made his first gramophone recording, accompanying the violinist [[Renée Chemet]] for [[His Master's Voice (British record label)|His Master's Voice]].<ref>Moore, p. 52</ref> They made several more recordings together,<ref>[http://www.charm.kcl.ac.uk/discography/search/page%282%29;jsessionid=0D4B84AD606502B0FFDE266355213F5E.balancer5 "Renée Chemet (piano Gerald Moore)"], AHRC Research Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music, Retrieved 28 May 2013</ref> but Moore's preference was for accompanying singers rather than instrumentalists. He recorded frequently with [[Peter Dawson (bass-baritone)|Peter Dawson]] in the early 1920s, and went on a recital tour of Britain with him; it was Dawson who recommended him to the tenor [[John Coates (tenor)|John Coates]], who became an important influence on Moore's career.<ref>Moore, p. 34</ref>

{{Quote box|width=246px|bgcolor=#ECCEF5|align=right|quote=Moore accompanied virtually every eminent solo singer and instrumentalist in recitals and raised the art of accompanying at the piano from servility to the highest prestige.|salign = right|source=[[William Mann (critic)|William Mann]] in<br> ''[[Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians]]''<ref name=grove/>}} Moore credited much of his early success to his five-year partnership with Coates, whom Moore credits with turning him from an indifferent accompanist into one who was sensitive to the music and the soloist, and an equal partner in performance.<ref>Moore, pp. 39–40</ref> Another influence, figuring prominently in Moore's memoirs, was the pianist [[Solomon (pianist)|Solomon]], whose technique Moore admired and studied.<ref>Moore, pp. 44–51</ref>