Editing Michael Tippett (section)

====Personal crisis====
Before the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939, Tippett released two further works: the Piano Sonata No. 1, first performed by [[Phyllis Sellick]] at the Queen Mary Hall, London, on 11 November 1938, and the [[Concerto for Double String Orchestra (Tippett)|Concerto for Double String Orchestra]], which was not performed until 1940.<ref name= Kemp498/> In a climate of increasing political and military tension, Tippett's compositional efforts were overwhelmed by an emotional crisis. When his relationship with Franks ended acrimoniously in August 1938 he was thrown into doubt and confusion about both his homosexuality and his worth as an artist. He was saved from despair when, at Ayerst's suggestion, he undertook a course of [[Carl Jung|Jungian]] analysis with the psychotherapist [[John Layard]]. Through an extended course of therapy, Layard gave Tippett the means to analyse and interpret his dreams. Tippett's biographer [[Ian Kemp]] describes this experience as "the major turning point in [his] life", both emotionally and artistically. His particular discovery from dream analysis was "the Jungian '[[Shadow (psychology)|shadow]]' and 'light' in the single, individual psyche ... the need for the individual to accept his divided nature and profit from its conflicting demands".<ref name= Kemp36>Kemp, pp. 36–37</ref> This brought him to terms with his homosexuality, and he was able to pursue his creativity without being distracted by personal relationships.<ref name= odnb/> While still unsure of his sexuality, Tippett had considered marriage with Francesca Allinson, who had expressed the wish that they should have children together.<ref name= Kemp36/><ref name= Robinson96/> After his psychotherapy he enjoyed several committed—and sometimes overlapping—same-sex relationships. Among the most enduring, and most tempestuous, was that with the artist Karl Hawker, whom he first met in 1941.<ref name= Robinson96/><ref>Tippett (1991), pp. 231–232</ref>