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Eileen Joyce: A Portrait
"Eileen Joyce: A Portrait is a frank and revealing biography of one of Australia's most dazzling musical talents. During the 1940s and 50s, concert pianist, recording artist, radio performer, fashion leader and film star Eileen Joyce enjoyed enormous critical acclaim and a popularity, bordering on adulation. In this carefully researched and written biography, Richard Davis reveals for the first time Eileen's true origins and her struggle to make a career against formidable odds. New evidence about the highs and lows of her private life is presented frankly using information never before released by her family. Her personality is put under the microscope, her talent analysed and her place in Australian and international musical history evaluated."--BOOK JACKET.
260 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2001
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Richard Davis
40 books4 followersRichard Davis is an Australian author who writes in two genres:
* biographies of opera singers and classical musicians, and also
* popular ghost stories.
His full name is Richard Michael Davis.
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* biographies of opera singers and classical musicians, and also
* popular ghost stories.
His full name is Richard Michael Davis.
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.
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July 7, 2015I was compelled to add this book to MY FANTASY shelf for various reasons,
both positive and negative.
A Tale of Rags to Riches, of Obscurity to Fame/Infamy, of Talent Recognised and Rewarded - these are all candidates here.
I have recently visited the town of Zeehan on Tasmania's western coast, an area still largely a wilderness of rugged mountains,fast flowing rivers and impenetrable forests and much still untouched for tens of thouands of years, which is one of its chief marvels and pleasures.
Another marvel of Tasmania and especially of Zeehan is Eileen Joyce.She was born here in 1908 and left when only 2 years of age for the dust and stunted bush of a mining town in the south-west of Western Australia. Things here did improve luckily but Eileen never regretted that most of her life was spent as a celebrity pianist in England and worldwide, not least Zeehan, with all the fame, wealth and comforts that followed.
Her humble background also led Eileen to exaggerate her past in her more comfortable circumstances. Which brings me to the Downside of FANTASY.
STAY TUNED
both positive and negative.
A Tale of Rags to Riches, of Obscurity to Fame/Infamy, of Talent Recognised and Rewarded - these are all candidates here.
I have recently visited the town of Zeehan on Tasmania's western coast, an area still largely a wilderness of rugged mountains,fast flowing rivers and impenetrable forests and much still untouched for tens of thouands of years, which is one of its chief marvels and pleasures.
Another marvel of Tasmania and especially of Zeehan is Eileen Joyce.She was born here in 1908 and left when only 2 years of age for the dust and stunted bush of a mining town in the south-west of Western Australia. Things here did improve luckily but Eileen never regretted that most of her life was spent as a celebrity pianist in England and worldwide, not least Zeehan, with all the fame, wealth and comforts that followed.
Her humble background also led Eileen to exaggerate her past in her more comfortable circumstances. Which brings me to the Downside of FANTASY.
STAY TUNED
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