Beatrice Harrison 
The Cello and the Nightingales [EPUB ebook] 
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...

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 192 ● ISBN 9781805300199 ● File size 5.9 MB ● Age 22-99 years ● Editor Patricia Cleveland-Peck ● Publisher Canongate Books ● City Edinburgh ● Country GB ● Published 2024 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 9154217 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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