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The cello and the nightingales : the life of Beatrice Harrison

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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.

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Canongate Canons
1805300180 / 9781805300182
Paperback / softback
04/04/2024
United Kingdom
English
192 pages : illustrations
20 cm
Reprint. Published in Scotland. Originally published: London: J. Murray, 1985.