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Anthem for Doomed Youth

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AuthorOwen, Wilfred (1893-1918)
TitleAnthem for Doomed Youth
NotesNo. 96 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'. MSS in the possession of the Britten-Pears Foundation. Benjamin Britten's 1961 oratorio 'War Requiem' blended Mass for the Dead and Owen's poems.
Item DateSeptember 1917 - October 1917
Creation placeCraiglockhart, Scotland? (Google Maps)
File typeImage
Item sourceLeaf
Item mediumPaper
Writing mediumPen
ContentPoem
Collection IDBejamin Britten and Peter Pears papers (circa 1913-1986)
Repository nameThe Britten-Pears Library
Repository address
Golf Lane
Aldeburgh
Suffolk
IP15 5PY
UK
Repository URLhttp://www.brittenpears.org/
CataloguerKate Lindsay
FilenameWOBP1.jpg
CopyrightThe Britten-Pears Estate
Digital repositoryThe First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/5620