Record Number: 5510
Reading Experience:
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.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 31 Jan 1940 and 15 Mar 1940
Country:America
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:America
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[reviews]
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Details31 January 1940
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:5510
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: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://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5510, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
There is no precise evidence about which cuttings Britten read.