by Neil Powell
2 Some College
1. BOM, p. 232 • 2. Charles Osborne, W. H. Auden: The Life of a Poet, p. 39 • 3. BOM, p. 148 • 4. Diary, 3 December 1930, JB, p. 57 • 5. Frank Bridge to BB, 25 June 1930, LL1, p. 132 • 6. Frank Bridge to BB, 13 August 1930, LL1, p. 133 • 7. Harold Samuel to BB, 20 August 1930, LL1, p. 134 • 8. Diary, 23 September 1930, JB, p. 53 • 9. BB to Mr and Mrs Britten, 24 September 1930, LL1, p. 140 • 10. Diana McVeagh, Gerald Finzi: His Life and Music, p. 34 • 11. Diary, 28 December 1934, JB, p. 240 • 12. BB to Grace Williams, 16 January 1935, LL1, p. 364 • 13. Diary, 22 October 1931, LL1, p. 211 • 14. Diary, 25 September 1930, JB, p. 54 • 15. Diary, 22 September 1931, JB, p. 83 • 16. Diary, 2 October 1930, JB, p. 54 • 17. Diary, 5 December 1930, JB, p. 58 • 18. Diary, 24 September 1931, LL1, p. 207 • 19. Diary, 29 September 1934, JB, p. 226 • 20. Diary, 9 and 16 October 1930, JB, pp. 54–5 • 21. BB to Mr and Mrs Britten, 26 October 1930, LL1, p. 144 • 22. Diary, 22 January 1931, JB, p. 61 • 23. Diary, 15 October 1931, LL1, p. 210 • 24. Diary, 12 February 1932, LL1, p. 236 • 25. Diary, 15 May 1931, JB, p. 73 • 26. Diary, 9 May 1933, JB, p. 140 • 27. BOM, p. 223 • 28. Diary, 26 November 1930–8 March 1931, JB, pp. 57, 61, 62, 64, 66 • 29. Diary, 4 November 1931, JB, p. 87 • 30. Diary, 25 September 1930, JB, p. 54 • 31. Diary, 24 October 1930, JB, p. 55 • 32. BB to Mr and Mrs Britten, 26 October 1930, LL1, p. 143 • 33. Diary, 12 June 1931, JB, p. 76 • 34. Diary, 20 June 1931, JB, p. 77 • 35. MBB, p. 61 • 36. HCBB, pp. 39–40 • 37. Diary, 6 January 1931, LL1, p. 151 • 38. Diary, 22 September 1930, LL1, p. 141 • 39. Diary, 24 October 1930, JB, p. 55; and 24 January 1931, LL1, p. 156 • 40. Diary, 10 July 1931, LL1, p. 187 • 41. Diary, 2 December 1931, JB, p. 91 • 42. Diary, 22 February 1932, JB, p. 100 • 43. Diary, 2 February 1932, JB, p. 98 • 44. London Magazine, October 1963, p. 95; LL1, p. 234 • 45. Diary, 1 June 1932, JB, p. 106 • 46. Diary, 7 January 1933, JB, p. 128 • 47. Samuel Hynes, The Auden Generation, p. 51 • 48. Ibid., p. 48 • 49. Diary, 27 January, LL1, p. 158, and 15 May 1931, JB, p. 73 • 50. Diary, 15 April 1931, JB, p. 69 • 51. Diary, 3 August 1931, JB, p. 80 • 52. Diary, 17 January 1933, JB, p. 128 • 53. Diary, 25 June 1932, JB, p. 108 • 54. Diary, 5 August and 5 September 1931, JB, pp. 80, 82 • 55. Diary, 11 April 1931, 11 May 1932, 13 August 1931, 9 September 1931, JB, pp. 69, 105, 80, 82 • 56. Diary, 19 August 1932, LL1, p. 270 • 57. Diary, 28 March 1933, JB, p. 137 • 58. Diary, 29 November 1933, JB, p. 155 • 59. Diary, 8 June 1931, JB, p. 76 • 60. Diary, 2 April 1932, JB, p. 103 • 61. Diary, 5 April 1932, JB, p. 138 • 62. Diary, 15 August 1932, JB, p. 113 • 63. Diary, 24 September 1932, LL1, p. 277 • 64. Diary, 30 July 1931, LL1, p. 196 • 65. Diary, 20 May 1932, LL1, p. 249 • 66. Diary, 9 January 1932, JB, p. 95 • 67. LL1, p. 148 • 68. Diary, 26 October and 27 November 1930, JB, pp. 55, 57 • 69. Diary, 11 March 1931, JB, p. 66 • 70. Diary, 6 February 1931, JB, p. 63 • 71. Diary, 18 February 1931, JB, p. 64 • 72. Diary, 9 February 1931, JB, p. 63 • 73. Diary, 28 May 1931, JB, p. 74 • 74. Diary, 31 July 1934, JB, p. 218 • 75. Diary, 7 February 1933, JB, p. 130 • 76. Diary, 23 April 1933, JB, pp. 138–9 • 77. Diary, 28 January 1931, JB, p. 62 • 78. Diary, 27 January 1932, JB, pp. 97–8 • 79. Diary, 20 July 1932, LL1, p. 265 • 80. Diary, 30 July 1932, LL1, p. 267 • 81. Diary, 9 October 1930, JB, p. 54 • 82. Diary, 6 May 1931, LL1, p. 176 • 83. Diary, 11 December 1932, LL1, p. 292 • 84. Diary, 14 December 1933, JB, p. 157 • 85. Diary, 20 January 1931, LL1, p. 155 • 86. Diary, 20 September 1932, JB, p. 115 • 87. Diary, 11 February 1931, JB, pp. 63–4 • 88. Diary, 24 September 1931, JB, p. 84 • 89. Diary, 4 February 1931, JB, p. 63 • 90. Diary, 6 May 1931 and 9 May 1933, JB, pp. 72, 140 • 91. LL1, p. 191 • 92. Diary, 16 June 1933, JB, pp. 142–3 • 93. Diary, 4 March 1932, LL1, p. 240 • 94. Diary, 9 January 1931, JB, p. 60 • 95. Diary, 18 November 1931, JB, p. 89 • 96. Diary, 13 February and 8 March 1933, JB, pp. 130, 134 • 97. LL1, p. 395 • 98. BOM, p. 252 • 99. Diary, 12 November 1930, JB, p. 56 • 100. Diary, 9 November 1932, LL1, p. 284 • 101. Decca SET 410/1, booklet note • 102. Diary, 12 November 1932, JB, p. 122 • 103. Diary, 8 February 1933, JB, p. 130 • 104. Diary, 11 February 1931, JB, p. 63 • 105. Diary, 24 February 1931, JB, p. 65 • 106. Diary, 20 June 1931, LL1, p. 178 • 107. Diary, 19 January 1932, LL1, p. 230 • 108. Aldeburgh Festival Programme Book, 1997, p. 61 • 109. Diary, 18 and 29 March 1932, LL1, pp. 244, 245 • 110. Diary, 6 May 1932, LL1, p. 247 • 111. Diary, 20 June and 11 July 1932, LL1, pp. 258, 262 • 112. Diary, 16 July 1932, LL1, p. 263 • 113. Diary, 22 September 1932, LL1, p. 276 • 114. Diary, 29 September, 13 October, 17 November 1932, LL1, pp. 278, 279, 286 • 115. Diary, 31 January 1933, JB, p. 129 • 116. The Times, 3 February 1933, LL1, p. 344 • 117. Daily Telegraph, 1 February 1933, LL1, p. 300 • 118. Diary, 16 March 1933, JB, p. 135 • 119. BB to Gerald Finzi, 15 March 1933, LL1, p. 299 • 120. Diary, 3 April 1933, JB, p. 137 • 121. Diary, 22 July 1932, LL1, p. 266 • 122. Diary, 12 December 1932, LL1, p. 293 • 123. The Times, 16 December 1932, LL1, p. 296 • 124. BB to Mr and Mrs Britten, 22 June 1933, LL1, p. 304 • 125. Diary, 10 October 1932, LL1, p. 279 • 126. Monthly Musical Record, December 1933, LL1, p. 305 • 127. Diary, 13 February 1933, JB, p. 131 • 128. Diary, 11 December 1933, JB, p. 156 • 129. Diary, 19 June 1933, JB, p. 143 • 130. PFL, plate 67 • 131. MBB, p. 73 • 132. Diary, 31 December 1933, LL1, p. 313 • 133. BOM, p. 172 • 134. BB to Grace Williams, 3 January 1934, LL1, p. 319 • 135. Diary, 10 January 1934, JB, pp. 195–6 • 136. BB to Edwin Benbow, 24 January 1934, LL1, p. 323 • 137. Diary, 16 February 1934, JB, p. 200 • 138. Diary, 22 February 1934, LL1, p. 324 • 139. Diary, 23 February 1934, JB, p. 201 • 140. BB to Grace Williams, 26 February 1934, LL1, p. 328 • 141. BB to Mr and Mrs Britten, 30 March 1934, LL1, p. 331 • 142. LL1, p. 333 • 143. The Times, 9 April 1934, LL1, p. 337 • 144. Diary, 6 April 1934, JB, p. 206 • 145. John Bridcut, Britten’s Children, p. 57 • 146. JBBC, p. 56 • 147. JBBC, p. 57 • 148. Diary, 9 April 1934, JB, p. 207 • 149. HCBB, p. 44 • 150. Diary, 11 April 1934, JB, pp. 207–8 • 151. Diary, 20 April 1934, JB, p. 208 • 152. Diary, 7 May 1934, JB, p. 210 • 153. BB to Mrs Britten, 11 May 1934, LL1, p. 340 • 154. Diary, 22 May 1934, JB, p. 212 • 155. Diary, 18 March 1934, JB, p. 203 • 156. Diary, 15 July 1934, JB, p. 216 • 157. Diary, 17 September 1934, JB, p. 224 • 158. Diary, 25 August 1934, JB, p. 221 • 159. A. L. Bacharach (ed.), British Music in Our Time, p. 175 • 160. BB to Mrs Britten, 14 October 1936, LL1, p. 450 • 161. Diary, 16 December 1933, JB, p. 157 • 162. Rob Young, Electric Eden, p. 107 • 163. Diary, 16 March and 14 May 1934, JB, pp. 202, 212 • 164. Diary, 21 October, 4 November, 6 November 1934, JB, pp. 228, 231, 232 • 165. Diary, 3 November 1934, JB, p. 231 • 166. BB to Grace Williams, 19 November 1934, LL1, pp. 357–8 • 167. Diary, 30 November 1934, JB, p. 236 • 168. BB to J. F. R. Stainer, 1 December 1934, LL1, pp. 358–9 • 169. Diary, 17 December 1934, JB, p. 238 • 170. Diary, 25 December 1934, JB, p. 239 • 171. Diary, 28 December 1934, JB, p. 240
3 Most Surprising Days
1. Diary, 16 January 1935, JB, p. 243 • 2. Diary, 27 April 1935, JB, pp. 258–9 • 3. Diary, 24 May 1935, JB, p. 263 • 4. Diary, 4 May 1935, JB, p. 260 • 5. Diary, 5 May 1935, LL1, p. 372 • 6. Diary, 1 May 1935, JB, p. 259 • 7. Diary, 18 May 1935, JB, p. 262 • 8. Diary, 23 May 1935, JB, p. 263 • 9. ‘How to Become a Composer’, The Listener, 7 November 1946, LL1, p. 373 • 10. Diary, 4 July 1935, JB, p. 269 • 11. Diary, 6 July 1935, JB, p. 270 • 12. Christopher Isherwood, Lions and Shadows, p. 112 • 13. Diary, 11 July 1935, JB, p. 270 • 14. Diary, 17 September 1935, JB, p. 278 • 15. Diary, 19 June 1935, JB, p. 267 • 16. Diary, 1 October 1935, JB, p. 279 • 17. Diary, 19 October 1935, JB, p. 283 • 18. Diary, 18 November 1935, JB, p. 287 • 19. Diary, 9 December 1935, JB, p. 290 • 20. Richard Davenport-Hines, Auden, p. 144 • 21. Diary, 15 January 1936, JB, pp. 326–7 • 22. BB to Sylvia Spencer, 17 April 1935, LL1, p. 369 • 23. Diary, 16 January 1935, JB, p. 243 • 24. Diary, 15 March 1935, JB, p. 253 • 25. Diary, 20 January 1935, JB, p. 244 • 26. Diary, 6 February 1935, JB, p. 247 • 27. Diar
y, 11 December 1935, JB, p. 290 • 28. Diary, 13 August 1935, JB, p. 274 • 29. Diary, 29 June 1935, JB, p. 268 • 30. Diary, 8 May 1935, JB, p. 261 • 31. BB to Marjorie Fass, 24 October 1935, LL1, p. 379 • 32. Diary, 10 November 1935, JB, p. 285 • 33. Diary, 5 October 1935, JB, pp. 280–1 • 34. BB to Henri Temianka, 15 November 1935, LL1, p. 386 • 35. Diary, 13 December 1935, JB, p. 292 • 36. Diary, 24 December 1935, JB, p. 292 • 37. Diary, 29 December 1935, LL1, p. 394 • 38. Diary, 1 January 1936, JB, p. 323 • 39. Diary, 2 January 1936, JB, p. 323 • 40. Diary, 30 April 1937, JB, p. 428 • 41. Diary, 19 January 1936, JB, p. 325 • 42. Diary, 16 January 1936, JB, p. 327 • 43. Diary, 7 April 1936, JB, p. 344 • 44. BB to John Pounder, 14 April 1936, LL1, p. 419 • 45. Diary, 15 April 1936, JB, p. 346 • 46. Diary, 24 January 1936, JB, p. 328 • 47. Diary, 23 February 1936, JB, p. 335 • 48. Diary, 31 January 1936, JB, p. 331 • 49. Diary, 12 January 1936, JB, p. 326 • 50. W. H. Auden, The English Auden, p. 160 • 51. Ibid., p. 162 • 52. Diary, 18 February 1936, JB, p. 333 • 53. Diary, 19 February 1936, JB, p. 334 • 54. Diary, 11 April 1936, JB, p. 345 • 55. Diary, 26 February 1936, JB, p. 335 • 56. Diary, 10 March 1936, JB, p. 340 • 57. Diary, 8 April 1936, JB, p. 344 • 58. BB to Mrs Britten, 21 April 1936, LL1, p. 423 • 59. Diary, 29 April 1936, JB, p. 350 • 60. Diary, 19 April 1936, JB, p. 348 • 61. BB to Grace Williams, 26 April 1936, LL1, p. 425 • 62. Diary, 1 May 1936, JB, p. 351 • 63. Constant Lambert, Music Ho!, p. 10 • 64. The Record Guide, p. 117 • 65. Diary, 22 April 1936, JB, p. 349 • 66. Diary, 27 April 1936, JB, p. 350 • 67. Diary, 18 May 1936, JB, p. 354 • 68. Diary, 11 June 1936, JB, p. 358 • 69. Diary, 22 June 1936, JB, p. 359 • 70. Diary, 7 July 1936, JB, p. 362 • 71. Diary, 19 July 1936, JB, p. 363 • 72. Diary, 20 July 1936, JB, p. 364 • 73. BB to Mrs Britten, 28 July 1936, LL1, p. 436 • 74. Diary, 26 July 1936, JB, p. 365 • 75. Diary, 1 March 1936, JB, p. 337 • 76. Diary, 30 July 1936, JB, p. 366 • 77. Diary, 9 August 1936, JB, p. 367 • 78. Diary, 19 September 1936, JB, p. 374 • 79. Michael Kennedy, Britten, p. 22 • 80. Diary, 25 September 1936, JB, p. 375 • 81. Frank Bridge to BB, 30 April 1937, LL1, p. 433 • 82. LL1, pp. 444–5 • 83. Observer, 27 September 1936, LL1, p. 449 • 84. Diary, 30 April 1937, JB, p. 428 • 85. Diary, 10 September 1936, JB, p. 372 • 86. Diary, 28 September 1936, JB, p. 376 • 87. BB to Mrs Britten, 14 October 1936, LL1, p. 450 • 88. Diary, 21 October 1936, JB, p. 381 • 89. Diary, 30 October 1936, JB, p. 384 • 90. Charles Osborne, W. H. Auden: The Life of a Poet, p. 129 • 91. Diary, 2 November 1936, JB, p. 384 • 92. W. H. Auden, Prose 1926–1938, p. 365 • 93. Diary, 1 December 1936, JB, p. 391 • 94. MBB, p. 98 • 95. Diary, 7 December 1936, JB, p. 393 • 96. W. H. Auden & Christopher Isherwood, Plays and Other Dramatic Writings by W. H. Auden 1928–1938, pp. 430–2 • 97. Diary, 11 March 1936, JB, p. 340 • 98. Diary, 10 December 1936, JB, p. 393 • 99. Diary, 16 October 1936, JB, p. 380 • 100. Diary, 30 November 1936, JB, p. 391 • 101. Diary, 1 January 1937, JB, p. 398 • 102. Diary, 1 February 1937, JB, p. 406 • 103. Diary, 3 February 1937, JB, p. 407 • 104. Diary, 31 January 1937, JB, p. 406 • 105. BB to John Pounder, 8 February 1937, LL1, p. 476 • 106. Diary, 24 February 1937, JB, p. 412 • 107. Diary, 26 February 1937, JB, p. 413 • 108. Diary, 3 March 1937, JB, p. 414 • 109. Diary, 6 March 1937, JB, p. 415 • 110. Diary, 23 March 1937, JB, p. 418 • 111. Diary, 14–15 March 1937, JB, p. 418 • 112. Christopher Headington, Peter Pears: A Biography, p. 63 • 113. Diary, 27 April 1937, LL1, p. 479 • 114. Tony Scotland, Lennox and Freda, p. 217 • 115. Diary, 30 April 1937, JB, p. 428 • 116. Diary, 7 May 1937, JB, p. 430 • 117. Diary, 12 May 1937, JB, p. 431 • 118. LL1, p. 502 • 119. Diary, 15 July 1937, JB, p. 442 • 120. Peter Pears to BB, 27 August 1937, LL1, pp. 507–8 • 121. CHPP, p. 39 • 122. CHPP, p. 19 • 123. CHPP, p. 53 • 124. Diary, 18 July 1937, JB, p. 443 • 125. BB to Mary Behrend, 19 July 1937, LL1, p. 496 • 126. Diary, 29 June 1937, JB, p. 440 • 127. Diary, 11 July 1937, JB, p. 441 • 128. BB to Nell Burra, 14 July 1937, LL1, p. 495 • 129. Diary, 3 July 1936, JB, p. 361 • 130. Diary, 26 June 1937, JB, p. 439 • 131. Diary, 17 July 1937, JB, p. 442 • 132. Diary, 13 August 1937, JB, p. 449 • 133. Diary, 23 August 1937, JB, p. 450 • 134. JBBC, p. 52 • 135. Diary, 17 October 1937, JB, p. 458 • 136. JBBC, p. 52 • 137. Humphrey Carpenter, W. H. Auden: A Biography, p. 188 • 138. Diary, 25 June 1937, JB, p. 439 • 139. Diary, 3 July 1937, JB, p. 440 • 140. Matt Houlbrook, Queer London, p. 94 • 141. Diary, 9 July 1937, JB, p. 441 • 142. JBBC, p. 48 • 143. JBBC, p. 53 • 144. Diary, 24 February 1938, JB, p. 465 • 145. Diary, 8 September 1937, JB, p. 450 • 146. BB to Mary Behrend, 17 October 1937, LL1, p. 517 • 147. Diary, 20 October 1937, JB, p. 459 • 148. BB to Peter Pears, 24 October 1937, LL1, p. 518 • 149. Diary, 24 September 1937, JB, p. 453 • 150. Diary, 30 September 1937, JB, p. 455 • 151. Diary, 7 October 1937, JB, p. 456 • 152. BB to Kenneth Wright, 16 January 1938, LL1, p. 543 • 153. MBB, p. 106 • 154. Diary, 28 July 1937, JB, p. 445 • 155. Diary, 20 September 1937, JB, p. 452 • 156. Diary, 12 March 1938, JB, p. 466 • 157. Diary, 14 April 1938, JB, p. 468 • 158. MBB, p. 106 • 159. BB to John Pounder, 4 May 1938, LL1, p. 554 • 160. BB to Ralph Hawkes, 5 May 1938, LL1, p. 556 • 161. Diary, 19 May 1938, JB, p. 471 • 162. Peter Pears to BB,? June 1938, LL1, p. 558 • 163. BB to Wulff Scherchen, 25 June 1938, LL1, pp. 562–3 • 164. JBBC, pp. 59–60 • 165. JBBC, p. 60 • 166. BB to Wulff Scherchen, 30 June 1938, LL1, p. 568 • 167. JBBC, p. 63 • 168. JBBC, p. 63 • 169. BB to Wulff Scherchen,? July 1938, LL1, p. 572 • 170. BB to Kenneth Wright, 28 May 1938, LL1, p. 558 • 171. BB to Ralph Hawkes, 28 June 1938, LL1, p. 565 • 172. BB to Ralph Hawkes, 4 July 1938, LL1, pp. 569–70 • 173. BB to Wulff Scherchen, 1 August 1938, LL1, p. 573 • 174. PFL, plate 111 • 175. JBBC, pp. 53–4 • 176. Musical Times, September 1938, p. 703, LL1, p. 578 • 177. Marjorie Fass to Daphne Oliver, 22 August 1938, LL1, p. 577 • 178. W. H. Auden to BB,? August 1938, LL1, p. 575 • 179. BB to Wulff Scherchen, 29 August 1938, LL1, p. 580 • 180. MKBB, p. 144 • 181. W. H. Auden to BB, early 1939, LL1, p. 547 • 182. BB to Edwina Jackson, 16 September 1938, LL1, p. 585 • 183. BB to Ralph Hawkes, 29 November 1938, LL1, p. 597 • 184. BB to Wulff Scherchen, 3 October 1938, LL1, p. 589 • 185. Ibid., 10 October 1938, LL1, p. 590 • 186. Ibid., 22 November 1938, LL1, p. 596 • 187. JBBC, p. 71 • 188. Tony Scotland, Lennox and Freda, p. 255 • 189. Ibid., p. 257 • 190. BB to Lennox Berkeley, 1 January 1939, LL1, p. 605 • 191. Tony Scotland, Lennox and Freda, p. 251 • 192. JBBC, p. 82 • 193. Tony Scotland, Lennox and Freda, p. 258 • 194. Lennox Berkeley to BB, n.d., LL1, p. 607 • 195. BB to Wulff Scherchen, 5 January 1939, LL1, p. 606 • 196. William Coldstream, Notebooks, LL2, p. 1337 • 197. BB to Wulff Scherchen, 10 January 1939, JBBC, p. 78 • 198. Wulff Scherchen to BB, 19 January 1939, JBBC, p. 80 • 199. BB to Wulff Scherchen, 22 January 1939, JBBC, p. 81 • 200. Tony Scotland, Lennox and Freda, p. 259 • 201. BB to Peter Pears, 16 March 1939, LL1, p. 616 • 202. BB to Enid Slater, 13 March 1939, LL1, p. 611 • 203. Tony Scotland, Lennox and Freda, p. 261 • 204. LL1, p. 614 • 205. Tony Scotland, Lennox and Freda, p. 263 • 206. BB to Wulff Scherchen, 7 February 1939, LL1, p. 610 • 207. BB to Mary Behrend, 19 April 1939, LL1, p. 618 • 208. CHPP, p. 83 • 209. Sophie Wyss, interview in Composer, Winter 1976–7, LL1, p. 604 • 210. W. H. Auden, The English Auden, pp. 237–8 • 211. BB to Wulff Scherchen, 19 March 1939, LL1, p. 617 • 212. Ibid., 22 April 1939, JBBC, p. 87 • 213. LL2, p. 632
