| Evidence: | 'I was delighted to hear that the performance was so good, Sophie. I hear you have never sung better and I know what that means. It must have been a terrific show. I was delighted with several of the notices which I have seen, but I only saw the section of them which referred to the work itself and so I don?t know whether you got your due from those snarky old critics ? but anyhow, I hope you did.'
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 31 Jan 1940 and 15 Mar 1940 | ||||||||||
| Country: | America | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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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: | America |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | [reviews] |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
| Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
| Publication details: | 31 January 1940 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 5510 | |
| 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: | 779-82 | |
| Additional comments: | Author: Benjamin Britten et al Editor: Donald Mitchell and Philip Reed Letter 248, 15 March 1940 The editor?s footnote quotes from reviews appearing in The Times, The Daily Telegraph and the New York Times, all on 31 January 1940. The concert took place at the Aeolian Hall, London on 30 January 1940. From letter from reader to Sophie Wyss and Arnold Gyde. |
| Citation: | Benjamin Britten, Donald Mitchell (ed.), Letters from a Life: Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten (London, 1998), 2 (1939-45), p. 779-82, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5510, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| There is no precise evidence about which cuttings Britten read. |
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