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Letters from a Life: the Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, 1913-1976
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Table of Contents

Introduction - Philip Reed
Fit for a Queen: The Writing of Gloriana January 1952-July 1953
Absolute Singleness, Clearness and Roundness: The Turn of the Screw August 1953-September 1954
On the Threshold of a New Musical World: Towards The Prince of the Pagodas October 1954-October 1955
As Complicated as Schoenberg: Eastern Encounters October 1955-March 1956
Beyond Bali: The Completion of The Prince of the Pagodas March 1956-January 1957
In the Naive Medieval Style: Noye's Fludde January-December 1957
Bibliography
Index of Britten's Works
Index of Other Composers
General Index

About the Author

Phil Reed is a professional model maker who has built models for clients in North America and Europe. His work also includes restoration projects for leading galleries and museums. After studying Fine Art and Photography he found his true vocation in ship model building, eventually abandoning a teaching career to concentrate full time on his model work. His latest work, Building a Miniature Navy Board Model, gives readers a step by step guide to creating these magnificent models.

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Letters from a Life is more than just an edition of letters; it is a vast Britten compendium. [...] there can be no question that it is vastly more successful as biography than the straight [...] works on Britten have been.
*YALE REVIEW*

[V]olume 4 is to be welcomed as a fine addition to the series. It does much to rehabilitate interest in Gloriana and the ballet The Prince of the Pagodas and continues to restore a more balanced view of Britten's character and interests.
*TWENTIETH-CENTURY MUSIC*

Britten is presented as a deeply human figure, one capable of great generosity, warmth, and gentle diplomacy [...], but also of raging anger [...] and occasional pettiness [...]. Britten's own writing is compelling, the editors' attention to detail is extraordinary, and one is left eagerly anticipating the next installments in the series.
*NABMSA Newsletter*

A treasure trove of information.
*AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE*

This magnificent edition of Benjamin Britten's letters reaches its fourth volume... the annotation continues to be quite superb - meticulous, imaginative, and illuminating...Innumerable moments and items of incidental interest are thrown up in the course of its 600 pages.
*SPECTATOR*

A superb achievement. [Editor's Choice]
*CLASSICAL MUSIC*

Full of fascinating material, much of it to be found in the copious notes to the letters written by the editors.
*TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT*

The splendid and extensive editorial annotations...are such a significant feature of these volumes...the reading experience is consistently both enthralling and entertaining.
*BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY NEWS*

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