The Aldeburgh Music Club was formed in 1952 for local musicians, amateur and professional, to meet together to make music. Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears were founder members. This photograph shows Britten rehearsing Schubert's Quintet in C with other Club members at his home, Crag House, in Aldeburgh.
From left to right, Rhoda Backhouse (violin), Biddy Row (violin), Lorna 'Dot' Row (cello), Shirley Bayles (cello) and Britten (viola).
Photographer: unidentified
1 photograph
Black and white
Orphan work (photographer unidentified)
1 duplicate, 5 enlargements
Reproduced in 'Aldeburgh Music Club 1952-2002' by Patrick Walker and Valerie Potter, p.8; and Pictures from a Life compiled by Mitchell and Evans (1978), image no.276
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