Record Number: 5508
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Letter 202 to Ralph Hodges, Woodstock, N.Y., Aug 15 1939: 'I?ve done lots of work ? finished this small piece for Toronto I mentioned to you ? "Young Apollo" (after Keats), Fanfare for Piano, Solo String quartet, & string orchestra.' Letter 227 to Wulff Scherchen,Amityville N.Y., December 8th 1939 'I?m playing my "Young Apollo? which I wrote for the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. ? on Columbia on Dec. 20th, sometime in the middle of your night ? you know whom that?s written about ? founded on last lines of Keat?s "Hyperion?'
Century:1900-1945
Date:unknown
Country:unknown
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
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single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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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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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Hyperion
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:5508
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, 742
Additional Comments:
Author: Benjamin Britten et al Editor: Donald Mitchell and Philip Reed From letter headed Woodstock, N.Y. to Ralph Hodges
Citation:
Benjamin Britten, Donald Mitchell (ed.), Letters from a Life: Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten, (London, 1998), 2 (1939-45), p. 692, 742, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5508, accessed: 03 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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