July –
Steuart Wilson, a retired singer and musical administrator, launches an outspoken campaign against "homosexuality in British music", saying: "The influence of perverts in the world of music has grown beyond all measure. If it is not curbed soon, Covent Garden and other precious musical heritages could suffer irreparable harm."[6]
^Gloag, Kenneth (2013). "Tippett's operatic world: from The Midsummer Marriage to New Year". In Gloag, Kenneth; Jones, Nicholas (eds.). The Cambridge Companion to Michael Tippett. Cambridge University Press. pp. 230–31.
ISBN978-1-107-60613-5.
Britten, Benjamin (2004). Reed, Phillip; Cooke, Mervyn; Mitchell, Donald (eds.). Letters from a Life: Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, Vol 3, 1946–1951. London: Faber and Faber.
ISBN978-0571299300.
Britten, Benjamin (2008). Reed, Phillip; Cooke, Mervyn; Mitchell, Donald (eds.). Letters from a Life: Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, Vol 4, 1952–1957. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press.
ISBN9781843833826.
July –
Steuart Wilson, a retired singer and musical administrator, launches an outspoken campaign against "homosexuality in British music", saying: "The influence of perverts in the world of music has grown beyond all measure. If it is not curbed soon, Covent Garden and other precious musical heritages could suffer irreparable harm."[6]
^Gloag, Kenneth (2013). "Tippett's operatic world: from The Midsummer Marriage to New Year". In Gloag, Kenneth; Jones, Nicholas (eds.). The Cambridge Companion to Michael Tippett. Cambridge University Press. pp. 230–31.
ISBN978-1-107-60613-5.
Britten, Benjamin (2004). Reed, Phillip; Cooke, Mervyn; Mitchell, Donald (eds.). Letters from a Life: Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, Vol 3, 1946–1951. London: Faber and Faber.
ISBN978-0571299300.
Britten, Benjamin (2008). Reed, Phillip; Cooke, Mervyn; Mitchell, Donald (eds.). Letters from a Life: Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, Vol 4, 1952–1957. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press.
ISBN9781843833826.