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Letters from a Life: the Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, 1913-1976: Volume Six: 1966-1976
Benjamin Britten
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Description for Letters from a Life: the Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, 1913-1976: Volume Six: 1966-1976
Hardback. The composer's final decade sees a new outpouring of creativity. Editor(s): Reed, Philip; Cooke, Mervyn. Series: Selected Letters of Britten. Num Pages: 880 pages, 140, 50 black and white, 90 line drawing. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 64. Weight in Grams: 1860. 1966-1976. Series: Selected Letters of Britten. 880 pages, 140, 50 black and white, 90 line drawing. Editor(s): Reed, Philip; Cooke, Mervyn. The composer's final decade sees a new outpouring of creativity. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BJ. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 64. Weight: 1848.
The composer's final decade sees a new outpouring of creativity. The sixth and final volume of the annotated selected letters of Benjamin Britten, edited by Philip Reed and Mervyn Cooke, covers the composer's last decade. The genesis, composition and premieres of major stage works such as Owen Wingrave, commissioned by BBC Television, and Death in Venice are fully documented, as are the church parables, The Burning Fiery Furnace and The Prodigal Son. Important concert works from this period include the powerful Brecht setting, Children's Crusade, the Third Cello Suite (for Rostropovich), Canticles IV and V (both settings of poetry ... Read more
The composer's final decade sees a new outpouring of creativity. The sixth and final volume of the annotated selected letters of Benjamin Britten, edited by Philip Reed and Mervyn Cooke, covers the composer's last decade. The genesis, composition and premieres of major stage works such as Owen Wingrave, commissioned by BBC Television, and Death in Venice are fully documented, as are the church parables, The Burning Fiery Furnace and The Prodigal Son. Important concert works from this period include the powerful Brecht setting, Children's Crusade, the Third Cello Suite (for Rostropovich), Canticles IV and V (both settings of poetry ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
880
Condition
New
Number of Pages
880
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843837251
SKU
V9781843837251
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99-50
Reviews for Letters from a Life: the Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, 1913-1976: Volume Six: 1966-1976
A mighty edifice that will stand as an enduring monument to one of English music's greatest luminaries.
JOURNAL OF MUSICOLOGICAL RESEARCH
[A] richly documented tome.
OPERA MAGAZINE
It is a wonderfully compiled tome. [...] what makes the book so successful, aside, of course, from Britten's writing to a whole host of friends and collaborators, is the ... Read more
JOURNAL OF MUSICOLOGICAL RESEARCH
[A] richly documented tome.
OPERA MAGAZINE
It is a wonderfully compiled tome. [...] what makes the book so successful, aside, of course, from Britten's writing to a whole host of friends and collaborators, is the ... Read more