Record Number: 10191

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Letter 255 April 7th 1940 'I?ve got this sudden craze for the Michael Angelo Sonnetts & have set about half a dozen of them (in Italian ? pretty brave, but there are people who speak good Italian, and after Rimbaud in French, I feel I can attack anything!)'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1913 and 7 Apr 1940

Country:

Britain and North America

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

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:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Britain and North America

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Michelangelo Buonarrotti

Title:

[unknown]

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

10191

Source:

Print

Author:

Benjamin Britten et al

Editor:

Donald Mitchell

Title:

Letters from a Life: Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten. Volume Two 1939-45

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1988

Vol:

2

Page:

800-801

Additional Comments:

From the editor?s footnote: ?These were finally to become Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22, for tenor and piano, completed at Amityville, on 30 October. Editors: Donald Mitchell and Philip Reed

Citation:

Benjamin Britten et al, Donald Mitchell (ed.), Letters from a Life: Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten. Volume Two 1939-45, (London, 1988), 2, p. 800-801, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=10191, accessed: 04 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None