Jacqueline du Pré worked in music at a period when the art was changing shape around them.
The record lists Jacqueline du Pré as British cellist (1945–1987).
Jacqueline du Pré was born at Oxford in 1945. Her recorded nationality is United Kingdom. She trained at Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Croydon High School.
Broadcast radio, the LP and the touring circuit made this the first era in which a musician could reach a mass audience without ever meeting it.
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The instruments recorded are cello and davidov cello stradivarius.
Her work is classed as classical music.
A musical reputation rests on a handful of works that refuse to date.
The honours record reads: Officer of the Order of the British Empire (1976).
That the work came out of United Kingdom shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Jacqueline du Pré died in 1987, aged 42. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire — 1976
- Instruments: cello and Davidov cello Stradivarius
- Genres: classical music
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