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Record Number: 28958


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'He [Henry Tippett] read us a great mixture of things, from history (in which he was steeped) and historical romances such as Ford Madox Ford's "Lady with Bright Eyes" [sic] to Tennyson's "Idylls of the King" and Edgar Wallace's stories of African colonial and tribal life, in "Sanders of the River".'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1911 and 1918

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Wetherden
county: Suffolk

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

passive in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Listener:

Michael Tippett

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

2 Jan 1905

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Child

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Brother, Peter Tippett (b. 1904)


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Title:

Idylls of the King

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

28958

Source:

Print

Author:

Michael Tippett

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Those Twentieth Century Blues

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1991

Vol:

n/a

Page:

2

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Michael Tippett, Those Twentieth Century Blues, (London, 1991), p. 2, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28958, accessed: 07 October 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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