{"product_id":"my-beloved-man-the-letters-of-benjamin-britten-and-peter-pears-hardcover","title":"My Beloved Man: The Letters of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVicki Vicki Stroeher\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eNicholas Clark\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJude Brimmer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a life of the two of us.' The complete surviving correspondence between Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo read these letters is to climb up a wall and peer into the secret garden of two giants.' From the Foreword by FIONA SHAW \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This volume comprises the complete surviving correspondence between Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears. The 365 letters written throughout their 39-year relationship are here brought together and published, as Pears intended, for the first time. While the correspondence provides valuable evidence of the development of Britten's works, more significant is the insight into his relationship with Pears and their day-to-day life together. Entertaining to read, domestic and intimate, the letters provide glimpses of cultural and artistic life in the twentiethcentury, including pacifism and conscientious objection, critical assessments of music and other artists, transport and communications development in the twentieth century, the 'Aldeburgh corpses', art collecting, gossip, everyday life in an English country house, the development of the Aldeburgh Festival, performance practice in early music, looking after dachshunds, travel, and a host of other topics. Above all, when read together, Britten and Pears's letters allow the clearest possible look 'behind the scenes' of one of the most productive creative partnerships of the twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e VICKI P. STROEHER is Professor of Music History at Marshall University where she isalso Coordinator of the Music History \u0026amp; Literature area. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e NICHOLAS CLARK is the Librarian at the Britten-Pears Foundation at The Red House, Britten and Pears's home in Aldeburgh, Suffolk. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e JUDE BRIMMER is an Archivist at the Britten-Pears Foundation.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 472\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 6.5 x 9.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 16, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58180588765265,"sku":"9781783271085","price":58.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/5023\/8545\/files\/TTBLaGJYZ29iV0NOcHNLQS9IVXB6UT09.webp?v=1757228134","url":"https:\/\/apocalypsevinyl.com\/es\/products\/my-beloved-man-the-letters-of-benjamin-britten-and-peter-pears-hardcover","provider":"Apocalypse Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}