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However much we admire the soloists of today, things will never be the same as during the lifetime of the
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In 1922, Monica
Harrison relocated with her family to Foyle Riding near Oxted and Limpsfield, Surrey. According to Candlin, âTheir garden was the scene of many social charity garden parties, and received visitors from all over the world to see âThe Garden of the Nightingales'â (the location where
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Preceded in death by her sister, May, in
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even before we knew Delius wellâŚ. Both May and I love Sonata No. 1. I played it a lot. I played both the First and Second
Sonatas to Delius who seemed to enjoy it. He always praised when one played, he was very good in that. May and Beatrice went to Grez before I did. When we went over we would
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Monica ⌠the least known of the family, was also talented musically but she did not have her sistersâ physical strength. Her premature birth had resulted in defective tendons in the arms and legs, and she also suffered from poor health much of her
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A childhood accident also reportedly limited her educational and performing opportunities. As a result, when her parents determined that she was ready to pursue more advanced vocal training, Monica
Harrison entered into studies with
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Harrison sisters suffered multiple losses with the 1934 deaths of their mother and, in June of that same year, Delius. Their father, who had also been in declining health also then died a short time later.
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We were all very fond of Delius. We knew him from the early war years, and that was the real Delius. Our friendship really started when he wrote the Double
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Margaret's sister, Beatrice, made her famed recordings of cello music with nightingale accompaniments).â Two years later, Monica
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According to Fountain, their mother had also been laid to rest at the same cemetery in 1934. Delius also rests nearby. âOn his death in June 1934 Delius was buried at
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Over the next decade, May and Beatrice Harrison increased their fame through nearly 60 performances of Brahmsâ Double-Concerto for Violin and Cello under the baton of
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and the third-born of four sisters who were respected classical musicians in Great Britain during the early 20th century. Each had started out as child prodigies.
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