Benjamin Britten new perspectives on his life and work
Benjamin Britten: New Perspectives on his Life and Work reveals the extent to which Britten scholarship is reaching outside the confines of Anglo-American criticism. The volume engages with juvenilia and other orchestral works from the 1920s and examines a broad range of influences on Britten, inclu...
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Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
Sprache: | English |
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Woodbridge
The Boydell Press
2023
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Schriftenreihe: | Aldeburgh studies in music
v. 8 |
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Online-Zugang: | DE-12 DE-473 URL des Erstveröffentlichers |
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Zusammenfassung: | Benjamin Britten: New Perspectives on his Life and Work reveals the extent to which Britten scholarship is reaching outside the confines of Anglo-American criticism. The volume engages with juvenilia and other orchestral works from the 1920s and examines a broad range of influences on Britten, including the works of Shostakovich and Verdi, the poetry of Ovid, and the cinema. Among his operatic works the dramatic qualities of Owen Wingrave arediscussed through a close study of Piper's libretto and we witness the genesis of a libretto written by Australian novelist Patrick White and submitted to Britten with the hope of a future collaboration. The volume uncovers the generally hostile reception Britten's operas received in Paris until around the 1990s. Britten's status as 'outsider' in both the USA and in his own country when he returned in 1942 is discussed |
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Beschreibung: | Previously issued in print: 2009. - Includes bibliographical references and index |
Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xiii, 191 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s) |
ISBN: | 9781846156946 |
DOI: | 10.1017/9781846156946 |