Evidence: | 'One has no inclination at all to work or to read seriously ? so I?ve been dipping into an enormous range of stuff ? from Hans Anderson to Boris Godonof.'
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
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Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | other location: on board ship | ||||||||||
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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: | Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin |
Title: | Boris Godonof |
Genre: | Drama |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 5513 | |
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: | 633 | |
Additional comments: | Author: Benjamin Britten et al Editors Donald Mitchell and Philip Reed Letter 173, May 3rd 1939 From letter written to Wulff Scherchen. Britten was on the Cunard White Star ?Ausonia? sailing from Southampton to Quebec. |
Citation: | Benjamin Britten, Donald Mitchell (ed.), Letters from a Life: Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten (London, 1998), 2 (1939-45), p. 633, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5513, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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