Benjamin Britten in London - between 29 December, 1931, 08:00 PM and 30 December, 1931, 01:00 AM

from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, page 94:

Walk with Beth up town in morning to Mornings to choose records (to hire) to play on hired Radio gram. for to-night. Various odd jobs - final movings for dance in aft. & after tea. dance 8-1.0 In dining room. abt. 33 people come. I think it goes pretty well. After they have gone we put back majority of furniture getting to bed at 2.30 abt.
cite as

John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 94. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1434288237024 accessed: 29 March, 2024

location of experience: London

Listeners

Benjamin Britten
Composer
1913-1976

Listening to

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unspecified dance music

Experience Information

Date/Time between 29 December, 1931, 08:00 PM and 30 December, 1931, 01:00 AM
Medium playback
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors

Originally submitted by gkw on Sun, 14 Jun 2015 14:23:57 +0100
Approved on Wed, 28 Sep 2016 11:19:14 +0100