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Benjamin Britten in context
- Title
- Benjamin Britten in context / edited by Vicki P. Stroeher, Justin Vickers.
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
- ©2022
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- Description
- xxv, 400 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Benjamin Britten, pianist, conductor, educator, composer of a wide range of music from large-scale operas and choral works to string quartets and songs, is acknowledged as a pivotal figure in mid-twentieth-century Britain. This volume explores the contexts for his multi-faceted career and his engagement with his contemporaries in music, art, literature, and film, British musical institutions, royal and governmental entities, and the church, as well as his ground-breaking projects, philosophical and ideological tenets. The book is thematically structured in five parts: Britten's relationships with Peter Pears, his close friends, mentors, and colleagues; musical life in Britain; his interactions with previous and contemporary generations of composers; his professional work with choreographers, librettists, stage designers, and directors; and his socio-cultural, religious, and political environment. The chapters shed light on the many opportunities and challenges of post-war British musical life that shaped Britten's creative output." --
- Series Statement
- Composers in context
- Uniform Title
- Composers in context.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-385) and index.
- Contents
- Prologue : Positioning Britten / Vicki P. Stroeher and Justin Vicker -- Part I : The Britten circle(s). Early mentors : The Bridges, the Auden Set, and the Mayers of Long Island / Arnold Whittall ; Peter Pears / Justin Vickers ; The open secret / Nicholas Clark ; Britten's circle / Lucy Walker ; The making of Britten : Imogen Holst, Rosamund Strode, and Colin Matthews / Christopher M. Scheer ; Britten's publishers as advance and rear guard / Philip Reed -- Part II : British musical life. Composing in England / Eric Saylor ; Britten and film / Mervyn Cooke ; Britten and the radio / Alison Garnham ; Recording a musical experience : Britten's works on record and television / Danielle Ward-Griffin ; Music critics and the press / Vicki P. Stroeher and Philip Reed ; Britten and English opera : Myths and a (chequered) history / Mervyn Cooke ; Festival culture in the British Isles / Justin Vickers ; Concert life in Britain / Philip Reed ; Benjamin Britten and folk song / Julian Onderdonk ; Educating the nation : Britten's music for young people / Kate Guthrie -- Part III : Britten and other composers. The compositional context : Creating a voice / Christopher Mark ; Responding to a British musical past / Michael Burden ; Britten and the English musical Renaissance / Alain Frogley ; Responding to the Continent / Arved Ashby ; An English tradition? / Christopher Mark ; 'An exciting time with all the Russians' : Anglo-Soviet musical contacts / Cameron Pyke ; The avant-garde / Philip Rupprecht -- Part IV : Wordsmiths, designers, and performers. W.H. Auden / Vicki P. Stroeher ; Eric Crozier / Justin Vickers ; Two librettists : Montagu Slater and Ronald Duncan / Ian Patterson ; The wise, queer heart of Englishness : E. M. Forster / Hanna Rochlitz ; William Plomer's poetics of exile at home / Kevin Salfen ; 'Don't colour them, the music will do that' : Myfanwy Piper and Britten's marriage of words and music / Frances Spalding ; Designing and dancing Britten / Lucy Walker and Kevin Salfen ; Pears as illuminator, interpreter, and inspiration / Justin Vickers ; Britten's singers / Roger Vignoles ; Britten's performers : Those most 'instrumental' / Thomas Schuttenhelm -- Part V : British sociocultural, religious, and political life. English and British national identity in the arts / Irene Morra ; The place within : Britten's landscapes / Charlotte de Mille ; Monarchy, royalty, and arts patronage / Matthias Range ; Literary leanings / Nicholas Clark ; Faith, spirituality, and the Church / Margaret Lane ; The politics of the closet / J. P. E. Harper-Scott ; Communism, socialism, and pacifism in British politics : From the 1930s to the Second World War / Joanna Bullivant -- Epilogue : Britten's legacy / Arnold Whittall.
- Call Number
- JME 23-188
- ISBN
- 1108496695
- 9781108496698
- 9781108751971 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781108634878 (canceled/invalid)
- OCLC
- 1276933258
- Title
- Benjamin Britten in context / edited by Vicki P. Stroeher, Justin Vickers.
- Publisher
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
- Copyright Date
- ©2022
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Composers in contextComposers in context.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-385) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Added Author
- Stroeher, Vicki P., editor.Vickers, Justin, editor.
- Other Form:
- Ebook version : 9781108751971
- Research Call Number
- JME 23-188