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Benjamin Britten studies : essays on an inexplicit art /

Bringing together established authorities and new voices, this book takes off the 'protective arm' around Britten.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Stroeher, Vicki P. (Editor ), Vickers, Justin (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rochester : The Boydell Press, 2017.
Colección:Aldeburgh studies in music ; 12.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Writing about Britten / Philip Reed
  • The shock of exile : Britten and the American years / Paul Kildea
  • Britten, Paul Bunyan, and "American-ness" / Vicki P. Stroeher
  • Collaborating with Corwin, CBS, and the BBC : Britten's re-entry into British radio in 1942 / Jenny Doctor
  • An empire built on shingle : Britten, the English Opera Group, and the Aldeburgh Festival / Justin Vickers
  • "Save me from those suffering boys" : Britten, John Ireland, and the venerable tradition of Uranian boy-worship in England / Byron Adams
  • Britten's (and Pears's) "Beloved" : sacred parlor song, passion, and control in Canticle I / Louis Niebur
  • Notes of unbelonging / Lloyd Whitesell
  • "Take these tokens that you may feel us near" : remembrance and renewed citizenship in Britten's Gloriana / Colleen Renihan
  • Traces of Nō : modularity and saturation in The burning fiery furnace and The prodigal son / Kevin Salfen
  • Britten and the augmented sixth / Christopher Mark
  • Quickenings of the heart : notes on rhythm and temp in Britten / Philip Rupprecht
  • Reviving Paul Bunyan / Danielle Ward-Griffin
  • Striking a compromise : Britten, British publishers, Soviet theaters, and the premier of Peter Grimes and The prince of the Pagodas / Thornton Miller
  • From Boosey & Hawkes to Faber Music : Britten seeks a "compoer's place" / Nicholas Clark
  • The man himself / Lucy Walker
  • Epilogue : liminalities and Britten / Vicki P. Stroeher and Justin Vickers.