Title Benjamin Britten : a commentary on his works from a group of specialists / edited by Donald Mitchell and Hans Keller.

Publication Info.	New York : Philosophical Library, 1953.
	©1952

Item Status

Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Talbott: Circulating Collection	MT92.B75 B4 1953	Available	---

Description	xi, 410 pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits, music ; 23 cm
Bibliography	Includes discography (pages 352-360), chronological catalogue of works (pages 361-367), and bibliography (pages 368-388).
Contents	The man / The Earl of Harewood -- The musical atmosphere / Donald Mitchell -- The vocal music / Peter Pears -- The Purcell realizations / George Malcolm -- The choral music / H.F. Redlich -- Peter Grimes. 1. The music; the story not excluded / Arthur Oldham ; 2. The story; the music not excluded / Hans Keller ; 3. Opera and Peter Grimes / Erwin Stein -- The chamber operas. The rape of Lucretia ; Albert Herring ; The beggar's opera / Norman Del Mar -- Dido and Aeneas / George Malcolm -- Billy Budd / Erwin Stein -- The chamber music / Paul Hamburger -- The string orchestra / Boyd Neel -- The symphonies / Erwin Stein -- The concertos / Joan Chissell -- The piano music. 1. Its place in Britten's development / Georges Auric ; 2. Critical survey / A.E.F. Dickinson -- Britten and the young / Imogen Holst -- The light music / Lennox Berkeley -- The incidental music / William Mann -- Bibliography of Benjamin Britten's incidental music / Eric Walter White -- The pianist / Paul Hamburger -- The musical character / Hans Keller.
Subject	Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
	Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
	Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 -- Discography.
Genre/Form	Discographies.
	Discographies.
Added Author	Mitchell, Donald, 1925-2017.
	Keller, Hans, 1919-1985.