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SELLING BRITTEN
MUSIC AND THE MARKET PLACE |
| By: |
Paul Kildea |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£165.00 |
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£144.38 |
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£20.62 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0198167156 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780198167150 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
22 August, 2002 |
| Pages: |
266 |
| Description: |
This book explores the effect of commercial and national institutions on the music of one of the foremost British composers of the twentieth century, Benjamin Britten. Radio, the recording industry, government subsidies for the arts, Covent Garden, the post-war establishment of music festivals, were all agents for dramatic changes in the art-music culture which Britten skilfully used to his advantage. |
| Synopsis: |
At the end of the nineteenth century Britain was a country without an opera culture, and in the concert halls the Austro-Germanic symphonic repertory reigned supreme. In the following fifty years the art-music culture changed dramatically. Radio, the gramophone and the recording industry, government arts subsidies, Covent Garden, and a post-war resurgence in national and civic pride which contributed to the spread of music festivals, were the agents of change. Born in 1913, Benjamin Britten was well placed to take advantage of these market forces, which he did consistently and skilfully from the 1930s onwards. His relationships with Boosey & Hawkes, Decca, Covent Garden, the Aldeburgh Festival, the English Opera Group, and the Arts Council, had a huge influence on the music he wrote. This book explores the effect of these commercial and national institutions on the music of one of the foremost British composers of the twentieth century. |
| Illustrations: |
4pp halfton plates and numerous tablestion |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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