Sylvia Townsend Warner and Peter Pears: Loss and Friendship
<p class="first" id="d4107984e69"> This article describes the friendship between Sylvia Townsend Warner, Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten in the 1970s. It draws on previously unpublished correspondence held at the Britten-Pears Archive an...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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UCL Press
2021-10-01
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| Series: | The Journal of the Sylvia Townsend Warner Society |
| Online Access: | https://uclpress.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.14324/111.444.stw.2021.7 |
| Summary: | <p class="first" id="d4107984e69">
This article describes the friendship between Sylvia Townsend Warner, Peter Pears
and Benjamin Britten in the 1970s. It draws on previously unpublished correspondence
held at the Britten-Pears Archive and the Sylvia Townsend Warner and Valentine Ackland
Archive. It describes the role that John Craske’s paintings played in establishing
the connection between Warner and Pears, details some visits and covers Britten’s
illness and death. The article also describes the concert in Warner’s honour planned
by Pears and given in Aldeburgh in July 1977.
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| ISSN: | 1475-1674 2398-0605 |