Evidence: | Letter 202 to Ralph Hodges, Woodstock, N.Y., Aug 15 1939:
'I?ve done lots of work ? finished this small piece for Toronto I mentioned to you ? "Young Apollo" (after Keats), Fanfare for Piano, Solo String quartet, & string orchestra.'
Letter 227 to Wulff Scherchen,Amityville N.Y., December 8th 1939
'I?m playing my "Young Apollo? which I wrote for the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. ? on Columbia on Dec. 20th, sometime in the middle of your night ? you know whom that?s written about ? founded on last lines of Keat?s "Hyperion?'
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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: | unknown |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | John Keats |
Title: | Hyperion |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 5508 | |
Source - | ||
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: | 692, 742 | |
Additional comments: | Author: Benjamin Britten et al Editor: Donald Mitchell and Philip Reed From letter headed Woodstock, N.Y. to Ralph Hodges |
Citation: | Benjamin Britten, Donald Mitchell (ed.), Letters from a Life: Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten (London, 1998), 2 (1939-45), p. 692, 742, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5508, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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