The Music of Benjamin Britten

Voorkant
Dent, 1979 - 564 pagina's
This comprehensive guide to Britten's musical achievement discusses all the published compositions in subdivisions of genre and period, and devotes a separate chapter to each opera. With the help of over 300 music examples and diagrams, Evans demonstrates Britten's mastery of the art of composition. Since this book's first appearance in 1979, Britten's publishers have made available a considerable number of works withheld during the composer's lifetime; some are juvenilia, but others date from as late as the Peter Grimes period. In a postscript to this edition, the author assesses the creative stature of these works and their significance in Britten's development. The catalogue of works now includes these additional titles, and the selective bibliography has been revised.

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Acknowledgments
1
Early Chamber and Piano Music
15
Early Orchestral Music
38
Early Vocal and Choral Music
64
Paul Bunyan
95
Peter Grimes
104
The Rape of Lucretia
124
Albert Herring
144
Music for Children
257
Later Instrumental Works
294
Later Vocal Works
349
The Five Canticles
401
Later Choral Works
419
War Requiem
450
The Church Parables
467
Owen Wingrave
501

Billy Budd
163
Gloriana
188
The Turn of the Screw
203
The Prince of the Pagodas
223
A MidsummerNights Dream
236
Death in Venice
523
Bibliography
548
Catalogue of Works and Index of References in the Text
551
Index
561
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