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Carpenter H.
Benjamin Britten. A Biography
London: Faber and Faber (1992)
Short Reviews
Reveals the composer's infatuations with 12-year-old boys,
first with boys from the lower class whom he wanted to adopt and later
with choirboys. Britten's own feelings seem to have been filled
with guilt, and Carpenter implies (rightly or wrongly) that
boy-love was incidental to Britten's life and creativity.
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