The portrait of a remarkable personality, a brilliant student of London’s Royal College of Music, a favourite pupil of Pablo Casals, and a pioneer of musical life - in Palestine-Israel emerges from this biography of Thelma Yellin, written by her sister Margery Bentwich.
On the background of the First World War and interwoven with the fascinating story of a young girl's dreams and conflicts, torn between loyalty to family tradition and the call of an unshackled artist’s life, such names as the Hambourg family, Mischa Elman, Alfred Kalisch and Myra Hess conjure up the glamour of the musical scene in London of those years. Great figures like Huberman and Schnabel, as well as leading local musicians, add lustre to the Jerusalem scene of her later life. An added attraction are the glimpses of a distinguished Anglo-Jewish family, the not less distinguished Yellins of Jerusalem, and a host of other prominent Jews and Gentiles.
