{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-benjamin-britten-paperback-9780521574761","title":"The Cambridge Companion to Benjamin Britten (Paperback) 9780521574761","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Benjamin Britten\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA comprehensive Companion to Britten's music and life.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMervyn Cooke (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521574761, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 28 June 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e372 pages, 20 b\/w illus.  35 music examples\u003cbr\u003e24.7 x 17.4 x 2 cm, 0.678 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Essential reading, then, for Britten students, containing much that will be of interest to the composers' wide and ever-widening circle of admirers.' Classical Music\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Benjamin Britten is a comprehensive guide to the composer's work, aimed both at the non-specialist and music student. It sheds light on both the composer's stylistic and personal development, offering new interpretations of his operatic works and discussing his characteristic working methods. Topics treated here in detail for the first time include Britten's work in the cinema in the 1930s, his lifelong pacifism and his strong interest in the music of the Far East; other chapters include reassessments of his relationship with W. H. Auden and his attitude towards childhood, comprehensive analyses of major works and a concise history of the Aldeburgh Festival. A distinguished team of contributors include some who worked with the composer during his lifetime, as well as leading representatives of the younger generation of Britten scholars on both sides of the Atlantic.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction Mervyn Cooke\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Apprenticeship: 1. Juvenilia (1922–1932) Christopher Mark\u003cbr\u003e 2. Britten, Auden and 'Otherness' Paul Kildea\u003cbr\u003e 3. Britten in the cinema: 'Coal Face' Philip Reed\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Operas: 4. 'He Descended into Hell': Peter Grimes, Ellen Orford and Salvation Denied Stephen Arthur Allen\u003cbr\u003e 5. The chamber operas Arnold Whittall\u003cbr\u003e 6. 'Gloriana': Britten's 'Slighted Child' Antonia Malloy-Chirgwin\u003cbr\u003e 7. Britten and Shakespeare: 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Mervyn Cooke\u003cbr\u003e 8. Eros in life and death: 'Billy Budd' and 'Death in Venice' Clifford Hindley\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Perspectives: 9. Distant horizons : from Pagodaland to the Church Parables Mervyn Cooke\u003cbr\u003e 10. Violent climates Donald Mitchell\u003cbr\u003e 11. Britten as symphonist Arved Ashby\u003cbr\u003e 12. The concertos and early orchestral scores: aspects of style and aesthetic Eric Roseberry\u003cbr\u003e 13. The chamber music Philip Rupprecht\u003cbr\u003e 14. Music for voices Ralph Woodward\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. The Composer in the Community: 15. Britten and the world of the child Stephen Arthur Allen\u003cbr\u003e 16. Old songs in new contexts: Britten as arranger Eric Roseberry\u003cbr\u003e 17. Aldeburgh Judith LeGrove.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Individual composers \u0026amp; musicians, specific bands \u0026amp; groups [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Individual composers \u0026amp; musicians, specific bands \u0026amp; groups\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Individual%20composers%20\u0026amp;%20musicians,%20specific%20bands%20\u0026amp;%20groups%20%5BAVH%5D%22\"\u003eAVH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46001742381336,"sku":"9780521574761","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521574761i_6e1f1410-b433-491e-b4a4-95877a73f608.jpg?v=1691369941","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-benjamin-britten-paperback-9780521574761","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}