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My Brother Benjamin (Paperback, Main)
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My Brother Benjamin (Paperback, Main)
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Loot Price R560
Discovery Miles 5 600
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'People are always asking, 'Aren't you proud of your famous
brother?' I was, of course, but often wished he was not so famous
so that one could see more of this brother who was such a joy to be
with. Janet Baker has written that the air crackled when he walked
into the room, and she was right...' The younger of Benjamin
Britten's two sisters, Elizabeth ('Beth') Britten first published
this loving and revealing portrait of their shared childhood in
1986. She evokes the Lowestoft upbringing of the four Britten
siblings, their dentist father Robert, and mother Edith, who keenly
encouraged the children's interest in music. She recalls the flat
they shared in London while Benjamin studied at the Royal College
of Music; and tells of 'The Old Mill at Snape', Britten's
home/studio after its renovation by Beth's future father-in-law. Of
special interest are Britten's letters to Beth from America, where
he and Peter Pears emigrated in 1939 then became ensconced after
war broke out.
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