| Description |
xviii, 350 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Cambridge companions to music
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Cambridge companions to music.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Juvenilia (1922-1932) / Christopher Mark -- Britten, Auden and 'otherness' / Paul Kildea -- Britten in the cinema : Coal Face / Philip Reed -- 'He descended into hell' : Peter Grimes, Ellen Orford and salvation denied / Stephen Arthur Allen -- Chamber operas / Arnold Whittall -- Gloriana : Britten's 'slighted child' / Antonia Malloy-Chirgwin -- Britten and Shakespeare : A Midsummer Night's Dream / Mervyn Cooke -- Eros in life and death : Billy Budd and Death in Venice / Clifford Hindley -- Distant horizons : from pagodaland to the Church Parables / Mervyn Cooke -- Violent climates / Donald Mitchell -- Britten as symphonist / Arved Ashby -- Concertos and early orchestral scores : aspects of style and aesthetic / Eric Roseberry -- Chamber music / Philip Rupprecht -- Music for voices / Ralph Woodward -- Britten and the world of the child / Stephen Arthur Allen -- Old songs in new contexts : Britten as arranger / Eric Roseberry -- Aldeburgh / Judith LeGrove. |
| Subject |
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
| Added Author |
Cooke, Mervyn.
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| Added Title |
Benjamin Britten |
| ISBN |
052157384X |
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0521574765 paperback |
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