Record Number: 5518
Reading Experience:
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.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:unknown
Country:North America
Timen/a
Place:specific address: Long Island Home, Amityville, New York, USA
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 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
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Art of Singing, The
Genre:Education, Textbook / self-education
Form of Text:Print: BookManuscript: Letter
Publication DetailsIn 3 Volumes. New York, Ditson, 1898-9
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Source Information:
Record ID:5518
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: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://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5518, accessed: 27 September 2024
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