Benjamin Britten's Dark Secret
No doubt you have seen this famous photograph of Benjamin Britten, wearing his trademark fur hat:
Many people have wondered why he was never seen in public without the hat. I believe I have found the definitive answer. Recently I had an opportunity to spend a week browsing the stacks at the Brittish Library of Composer Portraiture. (It's the place with the famous 50-foot marble statue of Havergal Brian in the atrium.) I was exploring one of the dark corners of the vast, warehouse-sized room in the back which they use as archival space, when I came across the following photograph. Obviously, it was taken by the same photographer, probably on the same day:
I believe we now know a lot more about Mr. Britten and his amazing musical "talent." I have contacted officials in the Brittish government and I believe we will be hearing soon an announcement from the Crown regarding certain honors and titles of which Mr. Britten will be posthumously stripped. A sad story, really.
Umie the Umlaut says, "ask your doctor about the Fredösphere!"
1 Comments:
Now I understand why so much of Britten comes in MIDI format.
(Mike, www.rigoletto.com/blogger.html)
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