Correspondence between Peter Pears and Marion Thorpe

This material is held atBritten Pears Arts Archive

  • Reference
    • GB 1111 PPA/THORPE_M
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1958-1986
  • Physical Description
    • 18 items

Scope and Content

Cards and letters from Pears, with some photocopies, including one from Britten in Leningrad saying he'll meet her in Moscow. Also a letter from unidentified German person saying that Alma Mahler had met Britten in New York and tried to persuade him to finish Mahler's 10th Symphony. 1 postcard from Thorpe to Pears. See also Stein collection for more correspondence. Also includes a letter from Forsyte Kerman Solicitors concerning Thorpe's Discretionary Settlement.

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