Travel diaries reveal musical inspiration, personal encounters, notes on
performances.
This volume brings together all the travel diaries of Sir Peter Pears
(1910-1986), principal interpreter of Britten's works. Pears accompanied
Britten on many of his trips and the record of their tour of the Far
East in 1955 is ofspecial interest. Here the sound of the gamelan
orchestras enchanted Britten and deeply influenced his musical
development.