Travels with My Cello (book)

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Travels with my cello
Author Julian Lloyd Webber
LanguageEnglish
Genre autobiography
Publisher Pavilion Books
Publication date
1984
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages129

The 1984 autobiography by Julian Lloyd Webber, Travels with My Cello, covers his childhood through to travelling the world as a concert performer in the early 1980s. It was first published on 15 October 1984. [1]

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References

Glenn Garlick , "Travels with my Cello," (review essay), The Washington Post, March 4, 1985, B6.


  1. "Travels with my cello". Goodreads. Retrieved 2024-11-15.