Letters from a life : the selected letters and diaries of Benjamin Britten, 1913-1976

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, 1913-1976
Other author/creator	Mitchell, Donald, 1925-2017 editor.
Other author/creator	Reed, Philip, 1959- editor.
Other author/creator	Cooke, Mervyn.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Berkeley : University of California Press, 1991-2004.
Description	3 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	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 note	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN	90042998
ISBN	0520065204 (vols. 1 and 2)
ISBN	0520242599 (vol. 3)
ISBN	0571164056
ISBN	9780520242593 (vol. 3)