Parent Record(s)

LevelItem

ReferencePH/7/4

Artist / Photographer

Plaut, Fred

Title

Benjamin Britten conducting, Peter Pears singing

DateMay 1941

DescriptionPhotograph of Pears and Britten rehearsing the song cycle 'Les Illuminations'. This was for the first American performance with the Columbia Broadcasting System Symphony Orchestra, broadcast on 18 May as part of the 18th Festival of the International Society for Contemporary Music.
Photographer: Fred Plaut

Extent1 photograph

Physical DescriptionBlack and white: 23.7 x 16.4 cms

Copies2 copies

CatalogueArchive

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