Parent Record(s)

LevelItem

ReferencePH/4/90

Artist / Photographer

unidentified

Title

Benjamin Britten, Granville Bantock, John Ireland and Sir Arnold Bax

Date1942-1944

DescriptionPhotograph of a presentation being made by Sir Arnold Bax to an unidentified woman; the other composers present are, from left to right, Bantock, Britten and Ireland.
This photograph may have been taken on the ocassion of a 'Salute the Red Army' event at the Royal Albert Hall on 23 February 1944, or when Shostakovich's 'Leningrad' Symphony was first performed in Britain on 22 and 29 June 1942.
Photographer: unidentified

Extent1 photograph

Physical DescriptionBlack and white; 19.3 x 14.2 cm

CopyrightAnonymous work (photographer unidentified). BPF policy assumes copyright in anonymous works lapses 70 years after creation. Please contact us with any queries (enquiries@brittenpears.org).

Publication NoteReproduced in 'Letters from a Life' Volume 2 edited by Mitchell and Reed, Faber and Faber, image no.52a.

CatalogueArchive

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