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Music and Men (Hardcover, UK ed.)
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Music and Men (Hardcover, UK ed.)
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It was during the turbulent decade of the First World War that the
intensely gifted and beautiful Harriet Cohen established herself as
a pianist. Enjoying huge success in her professional life, she was
the first person outside the Soviet Union to play the music of the
modern Soviet composers and was a huge success in America and
throughout Europe. Her beauty and talent made her one of the most
talked-about and photographed musicians of her day. Yet it was in
her private life that the story of this extraordinarily talented
young woman becomes one of the greatest love stories of all time.
Her passionate love affair with the composer Sir Arnold Bax spanned
more than thirty years. Their infatuation was played out against
the backdrop of the First World War, and was peppered with
betrayal, lust and tragedy. Their letters, published here for the
first time, are among the most explicit of any written during that
time and are staggering in their passion and poetry. Brilliant
author Helen Fry tells for the first time the remarkable story of
this forgotten woman. Music and Men tells of Harriet Cohen's
friendships ? and relationships - with leading figures from every
walk of life, from George Bernard Shaw to D. H. Lawrence and H.G.
Wells, Sir Edward Elgar, Albert Einstein, Arnold Bennett, Vaughan
Williams, Ramsey MacDonald and Eleanor Roosevelt. Offering an
insight into the politics, arts and culture of the day, this
incredible new biography tells the poignant story of a beautiful,
possessive, flirtatious and determined musician.
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