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Title: Jacqueline Du Pre: Her Life Her Music, Her Legend by Elizabeth Wilson ISBN: 1-55970-519-1 Publisher: Arcade Books Pub. Date: 05 April, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Good bio
Comment: Jacqueline du Pré was a child prodigy on the cello. She made her debut at the age of 16, having been held back by her mother and cello teacher. But once she hit the stage - she became an international star. Her playing was so interpretive that she was often criticized for detracting from the music. However, she also influenced many notable classical musicians of our time with her fervent interpretations of the cello repetoire. Her career as a cellist, however, was short-lived as, at the age of 27, she was diagnosed with MS. Her cheerful demeanor and courageous outlook on life is chronicled here, as are most of her performances.
This biography, while some times reading like a discography of Jacqueline du Pré is a very biased toward du Pré's husband's point of view, but much more even-handed about du Pré than Hilary and Jackie. However, Elizabeth Wilson is herself a cellist and student of du Pré and she makes a lot of assumptions that the reader will also have a thorough understanding of certain musical terminology such as up or down bow or glissando. This is an interesting book, but may be terdious to anyone who does not have a thorough grounding in the cello repetoire, classical music or the playing of a stringed instrument.
Rating: 4
Summary: A book revelling the glamours and struggles of a musician
Comment: A sensitive book on the life of Du Pre as a musician and a person. This book contains detail reviews of Du Pre's playing in concerts. The readers will be Wilson also tell us about her life and struggles apart from her performing life. Good balance biography.
Rating: 4
Summary: A very complete, very "British" book
Comment: Du Pre-philes are going to be flush with pleasure after reading this. It's a scholarly work that seemingly pins down every concert that Du Pre ever played, often with mini-reviews of the performances. It's far preferable to the trashy "Hilary and Jackie" and does far better service to Du Pre's life and art. Thankfully, the ending segments dealing with Du Pre's illness are short and to the point.
American readers should be aware that this is a VERY "British" book. Wilson uses British spelling and grammar throughout, and assumes a knowledge of the local geography. Like many British writers, Wilson has a charming ignorance of America, and even goes as far as to "correct" our spelling - "The Lincoln Centre (sic)", "Pittsburg (sic)", "The Carnegie Hall (sic)". On page 300, a truck stop in the Midwest is hilariously referred to as a "highway transport cafe."
Recommended for Du Pre's many fans.
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Title: Hilary and Jackie by Piers du Pre, Hilary du Pre ISBN: 0345432711 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 07 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Jacqueline du Pré: A Biography by Carol Easton ISBN: 0306809761 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title:Remembering Jacqueline Du Pre ASIN: 6305728003 Publisher: Emd/Emi Classics Pub. Date: 11 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $24.98 |
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Title:Jacqueline du Pré ~ Brahms - The Two Cello Sonatas / Barenboim ASIN: B000002S1G Publisher: Emi Classics Pub. Date: 07 May, 1990 List Price(USD): $10.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $10.98 |
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Title:Jacqueline du Pré - Favourite Cello Concertos ~ Boccherini, Dvorák, Elgar, Haydn, Monn, Saint-Saëns, Schumann ASIN: B000002S1F Publisher: Emi Classics Pub. Date: 07 May, 1990 List Price(USD): $32.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $29.49 |
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