Record Number: 5515

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I enjoyed the poem ? please send all the new ones ? I always carry ?madrigal? in my pocket!'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jun 1939 and 13 Jul 1939

Country:

North America

Time

n/a

Place:

city: New York

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:

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:

Wulff Scherchen

Title:

[poem]

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Letter

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5515

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:

684

Additional Comments:

Author: Benjamin Britten et al Editors Donald Mitchell and Philip Reed Letter 196, July 13th 1939 From letter to Wulff Scherchen

Citation:

Benjamin Britten, Donald Mitchell (ed.), Letters from a Life: Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten, (London, 1998), 2 (1939-45), p. 684, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5515, accessed: 15 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

From the context, I have assumed that Wulff Scherchen sent a poem composed by himself, and that Britten received it later than his previous letter to Scherchen on 20 June.