Record Number: 5507
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I?m also doing a series of four-part songs for Peter & his Round-table singers to "first-perform" at the Aeolian Hall on November 24th. I?ve done four so far ? fairly extended, all to religious words by Gerald [sic] Manley Hopkins - & there?ll probably be two more.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:unknown
Country:unknown
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Type of Experience(Reader):
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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:unknown
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[religious poems]
Genre:Other religious, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:5507
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:692, 694
Additional Comments:
Author: Benjamin Britten et al Editor: Donald Mitchell and Philip Reed From letter headed Woodstock, N.Y. to Ralph Hodges Letter 202 Aug 15 1939
Citation:
Benjamin Britten, Donald Mitchell (ed.), Letters from a Life: Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten, (London, 1998), 2 (1939-45), p. 692, 694, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5507, accessed: 04 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Editorial footnote states that the Britten set 7 of Hopkins? poems: Prayer I (Jesu that dost in Mary dwell) Rosa Mystica God?s Grandeur Prayer II (Thee God, I come from, to thee go) O Deus, ego amo te The Soldier Heaven-Haven
