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Author : Claire Seymour
Release : 2007
Genre : Music
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 147/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Operas of Benjamin Britten by : Claire Seymour
Download or read book The Operas of Benjamin Britten written by Claire Seymour. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analysis of Britten's operatic works reveals opera as the natural medium through which he explored his private concerns.
Author : Patricia Howard
Release : 1969
Genre : Britten, Benjamin, 1913-
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Book Synopsis The Operas of Benjamin Britten by : Patricia Howard
Download or read book The Operas of Benjamin Britten written by Patricia Howard. This book was released on 1969. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Benjamin Britten's dramatic works--full operas, chamber operas, and dramas for church performance--dominate the repertoire of contemporary English opera, though they no longer monopolize it. His Peter Grimes will always rank with The Siege of Rhodes as a new beginning for English opera; unlike Sir William D'Avenant's work, the score of Peter Grimes seems likely to survive. Performances of Britten's operas are, however, far from frequent, and the average listener cannot readily form an impression of the scope and development of the series or absorb all the riches of individual works simply from his experiences in the opera house. The majority of British operagoers have a chance to see any one opera by Britten only once or twice in a lifetime. This book is designed to enable them, as well as the thousands of Americans who know Britten's operas exclusively through phonograph records, to make the most of these opportunities; it not only briefs the reader on events on-stage and in the orchestra, but it also prepares him for the experience of becoming involved in the drama. Patricia Howard distinguishes between details that can be perceived by a 'first-time' audience and those that are available only to the listener with an intimate knowledge of the score. Those who already know the operas well can relive them through this book, which has nearly 100 music illustrations. The author's personal approach is stimulating and at times provocative. There is a chapter on each of Britten's dramatic works, including Noye's Fludde and the Parables for Church Performance, but excluding the edited Dido, the revised Beggar's Opera, and the early Paul Bunyan. There is also a general survey of Britten's musicodramatic art throughout the canon. Although it is primarily intended to assist the inexperienced listener and stimulate the confirmed operagoer, Mrs. Howard's book should interest all those concerned with writing, producing, or studying opera of our time."--Dust jacket.
Author : Eric Walter White
Release : 1983
Genre : Music
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 942/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Benjamin Britten, His Life and Operas by : Eric Walter White
Download or read book Benjamin Britten, His Life and Operas written by Eric Walter White. This book was released on 1983. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition has been thoroughly revised and edited by John Evans (research scholar to the Britten Estate) who has updated the chronological list of published works and included in the bibliography the many books that have been written about the composer since his death in 1976. Although, as the title suggests, this book concentrates on Britten's operatic output, Mr White's account offers insights into the whole range of this prodigious composer's music. The text is lavishly illustrated with plates that reveal both the diversity of his operatic development and comprise a distinctive pictorial bibliography.
Author : Benjamin Britten
Release : 1989
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis The Operas of Benjamin Britten by : Benjamin Britten
Download or read book The Operas of Benjamin Britten written by Benjamin Britten. This book was released on 1989. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reference work for all opera-lovers containing the librettos of all sixteen of Britten's Operas, revised against the composer's own music scores and illustrated with 140 pictures of set and costume designs for the earliest productions of each opera.
Author : Patricia Howard
Release : 1985-09-19
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 564/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Benjamin Britten: The Turn of the Screw by : Patricia Howard
Download or read book Benjamin Britten: The Turn of the Screw written by Patricia Howard. This book was released on 1985-09-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed to introduce the non-specialist music lover to Britten's opera, The Turn of the Screw. The opening chapters by Vivien Jones and Patricia Howard deal with the literary source of the opera Oames's novella), the structure of the libretto, and the technique by which a short story was transformed into an opera. The central chapter, on the musical style and structures of the opera, includes an account of the composition process deduced from early sketches of the work by John Evans, an analysis of the unique form of the opera with a more detailed examination of the last scene by Patricia Howard, and an account of the significance and effect of the orchestration by Christopher Palmer. Finally, Patricia Howard traces the stage history of the work, from its initial reception in Venice in 1954, through some seminal reinterpretations in the 1960s to its present established position in the repertoire. The book is generously illustrated and there is also a bibliography and discography.
