| Evidence: | 'I have been working with Shakespeare (a very good book) with an occasional dip into Aiken, and my B flats and Bs really do sound like them now, although I still get stiff with nerves sometimes.'
'I am keeping your Shakespeare and Aiken very carefully here with me, as I thought it would be too risky and difficult sending them. However if you can't do without them I will send them.'
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | North America | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | specific address: Long Island Home, Amityville, New York, USA | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Peter Pears |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 22 Jun 1910 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Singer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| 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: | Shakespeare |
| Title: | Art of Singing, The |
| Genre: | Education, Textbook / self-education |
| Form of Text: | Print: BookManuscript: Letter |
| Publication details: | In 3 Volumes. New York, Ditson, 1898-9 |
| Provenance: | borrowed (other) |
| Record ID: | 5518 | |
| 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: | 730-32 | |
| Additional comments: | Author: Benjamin Britten et al Editors Donald Mitchell and Philip Reed Letter 221, November 11th (1939) Letter from Peter Pears to Ursula Nettleship |
| Citation: | Benjamin Britten, Donald Mitchell (ed.), Letters from a Life: Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten (London, 1998), 2 (1939-45), p. 730-32, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5518, accessed: 28 March 2023 | |
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