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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
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:
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Critical Lives Maurice Ravel
Arnold Schoenberg, Igor Stravinsky, Dmitry Shostakovich
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