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Harriet Pearl Alice Cohen CBE (2 December 1895 – 13 November 1967) was a British pianist. Biography. Harriet Cohen was born in London. Her younger sister was the singer Myra Verney (1905-1993) and she was a distant cousin of the pianist Irene Scharrer.
Nov 22, 2022 · Between the wars she was Britain's most beguiling pianist with a collection of pictures almost as impressive as her list of possible lovers, said to include, among others, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Ramsay MacDonald and D. H. Lawrence. Harriet Cohen (1895–1967), CBE, FRAM. unknown artist.
Aug 29, 2013 · Harriet Cohen (1895-1967) was one of the leading British pianists of her age, but her unusually small hands (“I cannot normally cover more than eight notes with each hand”) led her naturally to specialize in intimate classical and pre-classical works, rather than in any thundering octaves of nineteenth-century piano music.
Dec 2, 2023 · Harriet Cohen was a British pianist who premiered many works by contemporary composers and advocated for Baroque music. She also had a scandalous affair with a prime minister and a lifelong love for Arnold Bax.
English pianist who made the first recording of the Piano Quintet of Sir Edward Elgar. Born in London, England, on December 2, 1895; died in London, on November 13, 1967; daughter of musicians. The Harriet Cohen Medal was created in her memory.
Harriet Cohen was a famous pianist who had a long affair with composer Arnold Bax in Amersham. Learn about their passionate letters, his compositions inspired by her, and her involvement in the Jewish refugee crisis.
One of Harriet Cohen’s achievements was the ‘discovery’ of the significant vein of keyboard music by Tudor and other ‘early music’ composers. This included works by Orlando Gibbons, William Byrd and Henry Purcell.
