Jacqueline du Pre's talent fascinates because it reminds us that we are not all created equal. She was beauty and genius, as well as tragedy, personified. At twenty-seven, and at the pinnacle of a brilliant career, the unthinkable occurred: she was felled by multiple sclerosis.Elizabeth Wilson traces du Pre's life from the earliest stages of her career to her marriage to pianist and composer Daniel Barenboim to her premature death. Now, du Pre not only lives on in her extraordinary recordings, but also in this authoritative ...
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Jacqueline du Pre's talent fascinates because it reminds us that we are not all created equal. She was beauty and genius, as well as tragedy, personified. At twenty-seven, and at the pinnacle of a brilliant career, the unthinkable occurred: she was felled by multiple sclerosis.Elizabeth Wilson traces du Pre's life from the earliest stages of her career to her marriage to pianist and composer Daniel Barenboim to her premature death. Now, du Pre not only lives on in her extraordinary recordings, but also in this authoritative account of her life.
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