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Re: Snape Maltings
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Deryk Barker <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sun, 25 Jul 1999 11:54:39 -0700
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Achim Breiling ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Somebody knows where Snape Maltings is and what it has to do with Benjamin
>Britten? I just wondered why pictures of this place - with its 4 prominent
>chimneys - is found frequently on the covers of Britten recordings.  Did
>Britten run a distillery to earn his livings?

The Maltings is a converted Malt house.  It opened as a concert hall
in about 1967, burnt down the folloowing year IIRC and was subsequently
rebuilt.

Snape is near Aldeburgh.

Deryk Barker
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