Letters from a Life Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten

"A landmark: these letters and their extensive annotation provide a virtual biography of the most important British composer since Purcell. . . . All those interested in music in the twentieth century must read these volumes, which also provide intriguing snapshots of the recent British past."--Peter Stansky, Stanford University "This is the composer who turned his paranoia as homosexual and pacifist into the classic 20th-century opera,Peter Grimes. . . . Now at last we have some really new material about that personal experience. It turns out to be even more fascinating than one could have imagined."--Philip Brett, editor ofCambridge Opera Handbook Peter GrimesMitchell, Donald is the author of 'Letters from a Life Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten' with ISBN 9780520065208 and ISBN 0520065204.