Essential Britten

Essential Britten
Author: John Bridcut
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Total Pages: 363
Release: 2012-10-30
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0571290744


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John Bridcut, author of the acclaimed 'Britten's Children', has included significant fresh material which will make the book indispensable for Britten aficionados as well as for those who are discovering the composer's music for the first time. This guide is all about finding a way into Britten's music. An outline of planned chapters: - The Top Ten Britten pieces - Critics' First Impressions - Britten's Life - Britten and Pears - The things they said - The Music (stage works, choral works, songs, chamber music, orchestral works) - The Interpreters of Britten's work - Britten as Performer - The Impresario (English Opera Group and Aldeburgh Festival) - Britten's Homes - Trivial Pursuits


Essential Britten
Language: en
Pages: 363
Authors: John Bridcut
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-10-30 - Publisher: Faber & Faber

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John Bridcut, author of the acclaimed 'Britten's Children', has included significant fresh material which will make the book indispensable for Britten aficionad
Britten's Children
Language: en
Pages: 267
Authors: John Bridcut
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-04-21 - Publisher: Faber & Faber

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Britten's Children confronts the edgy subject of the composer's obsessional yet strangely innocent relationships with adolescent boys. One of the hallmarks of B
Benjamin Britten
Language: en
Pages: 580
Authors: Neil Powell
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-08-06 - Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

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This spellbinding centenary biography by Neil Powell looks at the music, the life, and the legacy of the greatest British composer of the twentieth century Benj
The New York Times Essential Library: Opera
Language: en
Pages: 340
Authors: Anthony Tommasini
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-11 - Publisher: Macmillan

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An insightful, provocative selection of the best opera performances, chosen by The New York Times's chief classical music critic in one hundred original essays
Fearless Living
Language: en
Pages: 294
Authors: Rhonda Britten
Categories: Self-Help
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-04-01 - Publisher: Penguin

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The creator of the groundbreaking Fearless Living program shows readers how to overcome unrealistic expectations and live a life based on instinct and intention