Record Number: 5515
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I enjoyed the poem ? please send all the new ones ? I always carry ?madrigal? in my pocket!'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jun 1939 and 13 Jul 1939
Country:North America
Timen/a
Place:city: New York
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[poem]
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Manuscript: Letter
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:5515
Source: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:684
Additional Comments:
Author: Benjamin Britten et al Editors Donald Mitchell and Philip Reed Letter 196, July 13th 1939 From letter to Wulff Scherchen
Citation:
Benjamin Britten, Donald Mitchell (ed.), Letters from a Life: Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten (London, 1998), 2 (1939-45), p. 684, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5515, accessed: 27 April 2024
Additional Comments:
From the context, I have assumed that Wulff Scherchen sent a poem composed by himself, and that Britten received it later than his previous letter to Scherchen on 20 June.