| 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!'
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 13 Jul 1939 | ||||||||||
| Country: | North America | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: New York | ||||||||||
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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: | North America |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | [concert review] |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
| Form of Text: | Print: NewspaperManuscript: Letter |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 5516 | |
| 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: | 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/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5516, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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