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Author Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

Title 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
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, 1991-<1996>

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Description <1-3> volumes (xxx, 1403 ; xxvi, 758 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations, portraits, music, facsimiles ; 24 cm
Contents V. 1. 1923-1939 / edited by Donald Mitchell ; assistant editor Philip Reed ; associate editors Rosamund Strode, Kathleen Mitchell, Judy Young -- v. 2. 1939-1945 / edited by Donald Mitchell ; assistant editor Philip Reed ; associate editors Rosamund Strode, Kathleen Mitchell, Judy Young -- v. 3. 1946-1951 / edited by Donald Mitchell, Philip Reed and Mervyn Cooke ; co-ordinating editor Jill Burrows
Summary These remarkable letters, never before published, constitute a comprehensive biography told largely in Britten's own words. They make a fundamental contribution to Britten studies and to twentieth-century cultural history. The volumes are generously illustrated, with comprehensive annotations and indexes
Notes Editor-in-chief: Donald Mitchell
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (volumes 2, pages [1293]-1331 ; volumes 3, pages [703]-718) and indexes
Subject Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 -- Correspondence.
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 -- Diaries.
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 -- Correspondence.
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 -- Diaries.
Composers -- England -- Correspondence.
Composers -- England -- Diaries.
Genre/Form Autobiographies.
Personal correspondence.
Diaries.
Author Mitchell, Donald, 1925-2017.
Reed, Philip, 1959-
Britten-Pears Foundation.
LC no. 90042998
ISBN 0520065204 (vols. 1 and 2)
0520242599 (vol. 3)
057115221X (v.1 U.K.)
0571160581 (v.2 U.K.)
0571164056 (U.K.)
057122282X (v.3 U.K.)
Other Titles Letters and diaries of Benjamin Britten, 1913-1976
Letters of Benjamin Britten, 1913-1976
Vols. 3-6 have title: Letters from a life : the selected letters of Benjamin Britten, 1913-1976
Letters from a life: the selected letters of Benjamin Britten, 1913-1976