Record Number: 5511

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Thank you ? thank you - & thank you for a most marvellous show. ? I am more than grateful to you for having spend so much time & energy in learning it. I hope it wasn?t altogether a thankless task, but certainly judging by the rapturous notices you had from all the critics, people realised what a task you had & how marvellously you overcame all difficulties.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 29 Mar 1940 and 31 Mar 1940

Country:

USA

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:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

USA

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

[reviews]

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

March 1940

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5511

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

789-90

Additional Comments:

Author: Benjamin Britten et al Editor: Donald Mitchell and Philip Reed Letter 251 March 31st 1940 From the footnotes: The concert was the first performance of Britten?s Violin Concerto on 28 March in New York. Three reviews are quoted:  by Olin Downes in the New York Times of 29 March 1940  by Jerome D. Bohm in the New York Herald Tribune of 29 March 1940  by Louis Biancolli in the New York World-Telegram of 29 March 1940

Citation:

Benjamin Britten, Donald Mitchell (ed.), Letters from a Life: Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten, (London, 1998), 2 (1939-45), p. 789-90, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5511, accessed: 18 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None