Raised in Nazi Germany, at 18, Wulff Scherchen was Britten’s muse and lover. When the composer went to the USA during the war, Wulff was interned as an enemy alien and transported to Canada, whence he returned as a British soldier. This biography is published by the wonderful Shelf Lives, who brought us ‘Bazouker’,. ‘Joyride’, Gimcrack’s Progress’ and others.
WULFF: Britten’s Young Apollo
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