THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO BENJAMIN BRITTEN by Mervyn Cooke (Editor) ( 9780521574761 )

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Title:

THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO BENJAMIN BRITTEN

By:

Mervyn Cooke (Editor)

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ISBN 10:

0521574765

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9780521574761

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

28 June, 1999

Series:

Cambridge Companions to Music

Pages:

372

Description:

A comprehensive Companion to Britten's music and life.

Synopsis:

The Cambridge Companion to Benjamin Britten is a comprehensive guide to the composer's work, aimed both at the non-specialist and music student. It sheds light on both the composer's stylistic and personal development, offering new interpretations of his operatic works and discussing his characteristic working methods. Topics treated here in detail for the first time include Britten's work in the cinema in the 1930s, his lifelong pacifism and his strong interest in the music of the Far East; other chapters include reassessments of his relationship with W. H. Auden and his attitude towards childhood, comprehensive analyses of major works and a concise history of the Aldeburgh Festival. A distinguished team of contributors include some who worked with the composer during his lifetime, as well as leading representatives of the younger generation of Britten scholars on both sides of the Atlantic.

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20 b/w illus. 35 music examples

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Cambridge University Press

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