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The Cello and the Nightingales: The Life of Beatrice Harrison

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By (author): Beatrice Harrison

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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Will deliver when available. Publication date 09 May 2024

Product Details
  • Weight: 165g
  • Dimensions: 130 x 200mm
  • Publication Date: 09 May 2024
  • Publisher: Canongate Books
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781805300182

About Beatrice Harrison

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 It was while researching a biography of the four Harrison sisters that she discovered Beatrice's unpublished autobiography.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 Surrey.

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