Benjamin Britten (20th Century Composers)

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Benjamin Britten (20th Century Composers)

Benjamin Britten (1913–76) changed the course of English music with highly original works such as his opera Peter Grimes. While his music is performed more widely than those of any other English composer, his international success did not prevent him from continuing to draw inspiration from his native land.

In this engaging biography, the author creates a portrait of a great artist, exploring his wide-ranging compositions in detail and discussing the many contradictions that pervaded Britten's fascinating life and career.

More in the 20th Century Composers series:

American Pioneers: Ives to Cage and Beyond (20th Century Composers)

Bela Bartok (Paperback), Bela Bartok (Hardback), Leonard Bernstein

Claude Debussy

Gabriel Faure

Hindemith, Hartmann and Henze

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

A Polish Renaissance, Sergey Prokofiev, Giacomo Puccini

Alfred Schnittke, Jean Sibelius, Igor Stravinsky

More Britten from Chimes:

Opera Vocal scores: Turn of the Screw, Rape of Lucretia, Albert Herring, Billy Budd, Gloriana, Midsummer Night's Dream, Death in Venice, Peter Grimes, Britten John Gay's The Beggar's Opera.

Britten Opera Arias volumes for different voice types

Alternatively: Britten: An Extraordinary Life, Knowing Britten, John Gay The Beggar's Opera and Polly

Or in the Critical Lives series:

John Cage

Olivier Messiaen

Sergei Prokofiev

Sergei Rachmaninoff, Critical Lives Maurice Ravel

Arnold Schoenberg, Igor Stravinsky, Dmitry Shostakovich

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Richard Wagner

Composer/Author: Oliver, Michael
Format: Paperback
Brand: Phaidon Press
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