| Evidence: | 'I enjoyed the poem ? please send all the new ones ? I always carry ?madrigal? in my pocket!'
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jun 1939 and 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: | Wulff Scherchen |
| Title: | [poem] |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Letter |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 5515 | |
| 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: | 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/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5515, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
| 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. |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)