Letters from a life : the selected letters and diaries of Benjamin Britten, 1913-1976 / edited by Donald Mitchell ; assistant editor, Philip Reed ; associate editors, Rosamund Strode, Kathleen Mitchell, Judy Young.

Author/creator Britten, Benjamin
Other author Mitchell, Donald, 1925-2017 editor.
Other author Reed, Philip, 1959- editor.
Other author Cooke, Mervyn.
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, 1991-2004.
Description3 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976--Correspondence.
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976--Diaries.
Composers--England. --Correspondence.
Composers--England. --Diaries.

Contents Volume 1. Letters and diaries 1923-1945. 1923-360 childhood and schooldays: south lodge and Gresham's -- 1930-33 college years -- 1934-39 a working life.
Contents Volume 2. 1939-42 The American years -- 1842-45 The return to England: the writing of Grimes.
Contents Volume 3. 1946-1951. Introduction. Happy families / Donald Mitchell -- Letters. Towards Peter Grimes -- January 1936-October 1945. The correspondence ; 'I love being with you & picking your brains': the letters of Benjamin Britten and Edward Sackville-West, 1942-1945 / Donald Mitchell -- Chamber opera is created: January 1946-August 1947 -- The Aldeburgh festival is launched: September 1947-August 1948 -- Spring Symphony: August 1948-July 1949 -- Towards Billy Budd: July 1949-December 1951.
Abstract Letters by the British composer to his friends, family, and colleagues document his life from school days to the end of World War II.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 90042998
ISBN0520065204 (vols. 1 and 2)
ISBN0520242599 (vol. 3)
ISBN0571164056
ISBN9780520242593 (vol. 3)

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