Britten's Musical Language (Music in the Twentieth Century)
Editorial Reviews
Review
'Once one has opened the tough shell of the author's language there are pearls within.' International Record Review
'An important contribution to Britten scholarship.' Musical Times
'... clearly defined studies of aspects of one or two works ... rich and fascinating cultural and aesthetic interpretations ... in terms of the weight of existing scholarship and the interpretative challenges surrounding these subjects, their achievements seem more remarkable for the high standards they have now set.' Journal of the Royal Musical Association
Book Description
Blending insights from linguistic and social theories of speech, ritual and narrative with music-analytic and historical criticism,Britten's Musical Language offers fresh perspectives on the composer's fusion of verbal and musical utterance in opera and song. It provides close interpretative studies of the major scores (including Peter Grimes, Billy Budd, The Turn of the Screw, War Requiem, Curlew River and Death in Venice) and explores Britten's ability to fashion complex and mysterious symbolic dramas from the interplay of texted song and wordless discourse of motives and themes.
Britten's Musical Language (Music in the Twentieth Century)
Britten's Musical Language (Music in the Twentieth Century),Philip Rupprecht,Arnold Whittall,Cambridge University Press,0521631548,1913-1976,Britten, Benjamin,,Criticism and interpretation,History & Criticism - By Composer,History & Criticism - General,Music,20th century music,Britten, Benjamin,--1913-1976--Criticism and interpretation,Composers & musicians,Music / General,Theory of music & musicology
Britten's Musical Language (Music in the Twentieth Century)
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