Record Number: 5516

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Referring to a concert in New York where one of his pieces was performed: 'The write-ups have been marvellous ? so I feel rather ?started? in New York now!'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

13 Jul 1939

Country:

North America

Time

n/a

Place:

city: New York

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Benjamin Britten

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

22 Nov 1913

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Composer

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

North America

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

[concert review]

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: NewspaperManuscript: Letter

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5516

Source:

Print

Author:

Benjamin Britten

Editor:

Donald Mitchell

Title:

Letters from a Life: Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1998

Vol:

2 (1939-45)

Page:

685-6

Additional Comments:

Author: Benjamin Britten et al Editors Donald Mitchell and Philip Reed Letter 197 to Beth Welford, July 14th 1939 The editor?s footnote quotes reviews appearing on 13 July 1939 in the New York Times and the New York Herald Tribune. From letter to Beth Welford

Citation:

Benjamin Britten, Donald Mitchell (ed.), Letters from a Life: Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten (London, 1998), 2 (1939-45), p. 685-6, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5516, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None