Cello and the Nightingales (eBook)

The Life of Beatrice Harrison

Beatrice Harrison (Autor)

Patricia Cleveland-Peck (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
195 Seiten
Canongate Books (Verlag)
9781805300199 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Autor

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 It was while researching a biography of the four Harrison sisters that she discovered Beatrice’s unpublished autobiography.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

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.5.2024
• Reihe/Serie: Canons
• Reihe/Serie: Canons
• Einführung: Maria Popova
• Verlagsort: Edinburgh
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Schlagworte: BBC Private Passions • Birdwatching • Brahms • Cellist • delius • Elgar • Mendelssohn Prize
• ISBN-13: 9781805300199 / 9781805300199