Britten's cause of death - according to new biography

[Guest]

I read the following article from a Sunday Telegraph supplement on Britten’s cause of death with some interest - mainly due to a fair number of my relations who are doctors. I have no idea if the new biography is reliable.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/9806528/Benjamin-Britten-biography-extract-was-the-composers-death-caused-by-syphilis.html

[french frank]

Check that link? It tells me I'm lost.

[Petrushka]

Check that link? It tells me I'm lost.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/9806528/Benjamin-Britten-biography-extract-was-the-composers-death-caused-by-syphilis.html

[french frank]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/b...-syphilis.html

Thanks, Pete

[rank_and_file]

Thanks ff - have corrected.

[amateur51]

Hello rank_and_file!

There's more discussion about this article on the Britten at 100 thread ...

http://www.for3.org/forums/showthread.php?7307-quot-Benjamin-Britten-at-100-time-for-a-new-appraisal-quot

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Much food for thought.

[rank_and_file]

Hello rank_and_file!

There's more discussion about this article on the Britten at 100 thread ...

http://www.for3.org/forums/showthread.php?7307-quot-Benjamin-Britten-at-100-time-for-a-new-appraisal-quot

Thanks - at the end I see. Will ask my (musical) medic relations for their views.

[amateur51]

Thanks - at the end I see. Will ask my (musical) medic relations for their views.

Yes sorry, it's a long thread and the death speculation comes toward the end