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Benjamin Britten Studies: Essays on An Inexplicit Art
Vicki P. Stroeher
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Description for Benjamin Britten Studies: Essays on An Inexplicit Art
Hardback. Bringing together established authorities and new voices, this book takes off the 'protective arm' around Britten. Num Pages: 512 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 44 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Benjamin Britten Studies brings together established authorities and new voices to offer a fresh perspective on previous scholarship models and a re-contextualization of previously held beliefs about Britten. Using the most recent and innovative historical, musicological, sociological, psychological, and theoretical methodologies, the authors take off the 'protective arm' around Britten and disclose an unprecedented amount of previously unpublished and disregarded primary source materials. The collection considers difficult questions of identity such as Britten's retreat to America, his re-entry into the British musical scene, and late-life revisions of his American works; scrutinizes the fraught establishing of the English Opera Group contemporaneous ... Read more
Benjamin Britten Studies brings together established authorities and new voices to offer a fresh perspective on previous scholarship models and a re-contextualization of previously held beliefs about Britten. Using the most recent and innovative historical, musicological, sociological, psychological, and theoretical methodologies, the authors take off the 'protective arm' around Britten and disclose an unprecedented amount of previously unpublished and disregarded primary source materials. The collection considers difficult questions of identity such as Britten's retreat to America, his re-entry into the British musical scene, and late-life revisions of his American works; scrutinizes the fraught establishing of the English Opera Group contemporaneous ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
665g
Number of Pages
554
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783271955
SKU
V9781783271955
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Ref
99-50
Reviews for Benjamin Britten Studies: Essays on An Inexplicit Art
Deepen[s] our understanding of the composer and his music, whilst also revealing that we can never fully 'know' Britten in spite of our access to documents, recordings and, of course, the music...Witty and thought-provoking. FONTES ARTIS MUSICAE An interesting collection of essays on aspects of the composter, his life and compositions. SPIRITED, THE GAZETTE OF ... Read more