The Cello and the Nightingales
The Life of Beatrice Harrison
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2024
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Main - Canons
Canongate Canons (Verlag)
978-1-80530-018-2 (ISBN)
Canongate Canons (Verlag)
978-1-80530-018-2 (ISBN)
The memoirs of cello prodigy Beatrice Harrison, the woman who brought the music of the nightingale to millions worldwide - and created the first interspecies collaboration
In May 1924, the BBC broadcast a miracle to the world: a wild nightingale singing a duet with a remarkable young cellist called Beatrice Harrison. Over a million people tuned in to hear this live performance, which Beatrice repeated with a nightingale for the BBC every spring until 1942. These broadcasts transformed the public interest in nightingales - a species already in decline.
If Beatrice's duets with the nightingales touched a chord with the world, her own life proved to be as musical, free-spirited and inspiring. From her early years as a musical prodigy to recording with the most important composers of the day and playing for the wounded in the Second World War, this timely reissue of Patricia Cleveland-Peck's classic book recounts Beatrice's rich life vividly and features a new introduction by Maria Popova.
In May 1924, the BBC broadcast a miracle to the world: a wild nightingale singing a duet with a remarkable young cellist called Beatrice Harrison. Over a million people tuned in to hear this live performance, which Beatrice repeated with a nightingale for the BBC every spring until 1942. These broadcasts transformed the public interest in nightingales - a species already in decline.
If Beatrice's duets with the nightingales touched a chord with the world, her own life proved to be as musical, free-spirited and inspiring. From her early years as a musical prodigy to recording with the most important composers of the day and playing for the wounded in the Second World War, this timely reissue of Patricia Cleveland-Peck's classic book recounts Beatrice's rich life vividly and features a new introduction by Maria Popova.
Patricia Cleveland-Peck is the bestselling author of twenty-four children's books, including You Can't Take an Elephant on the Bus, a radio play and a stage play inspired by Beatrice's story, and also writes travel pieces and non-fiction books. She came to know the Harrison family when living in a cottage on their estate at Smallfield, Surrey. It was while researching a biography of the four Harrison sisters that she discovered Beatrice's unpublished autobiography. She lives near East Grinstead, Sussex.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 11.05.2024 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Canons |
| Einführung | Maria Popova |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 130 x 200 mm |
| Gewicht | 165 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-80530-018-0 / 1805300180 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-80530-018-2 / 9781805300182 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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