{"product_id":"the-music-of-britten-and-tippett-studies-in-themes-and-techniques-paperback-9780521386685","title":"The Music of Britten and Tippett; Studies in Themes and Techniques (Paperback) 9780521386685","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Music of Britten and Tippett\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eStudies in Themes and Techniques\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA unique double portrait of the two leading composers of their generation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eArnold Whittall (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521386685, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 31 August 1990\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e332 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.3 x 2.1 cm, 0.54 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'[Whittall's] book contains the most substantial writing on Tippett so far, while on Britten he provides an essential complement to Peter Evans's major study.' The Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this classic study of Benjamin Britten and Michael Tippett, Arnold Whittall builds up a unique double portrait of the two leading composers of their generation. For this second, revised edition Whittall includes a new chapter on Tippett's major works of the 1980s: the Piano Sonata No. 4, the large-scale choral composition The Mask of Time and the most recent opera, New Year. In addition, new information on the Britten repertoire and an updated bibliography are also presented.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Prologue\u003cbr\u003e  Part I. The Thirties and the War: 1. Britten: Four early works (1931–3)\u003cbr\u003e 2. Tippett: String quartet No. 1, Piano Sonata No. 1 (1934–7)\u003cbr\u003e 3.  Britten: Our Hunting Fathers to the Violin Concerto (1936–9)\u003cbr\u003e 4. Tippett in 1939: the Concerto for Double String Orchestra\u003cbr\u003e 5. Britten in America: 1939–42\u003cbr\u003e 6. Tippett: an oratorio, a string quartet and a cantata (1939–43)\u003cbr\u003e 7. Britten's return: 1942–3\u003cbr\u003e 8. Tippett and symphonic form (1944–6)\u003cbr\u003e Postscript: the Britten legacy\u003cbr\u003e Part II. After the War (1944–63): 9. Britten: Peter Grimes (1944–5)\u003cbr\u003e 10. Britten: the Donne Sonnets and the String Quartet No. 2 (1945)\u003cbr\u003e 11. Britten: The Rape of Lucretia and Albert Herring (1946–7)\u003cbr\u003e 12. Britten: from Albert Herring to Billy Budd (1947-51)\u003cbr\u003e 13. Tippett: The Midsummer Marriage (1946–52)\u003cbr\u003e 14. Britten: from Canticle II to Winter Words (1952–3)\u003cbr\u003e 15. Tippett: from the Corelli Fantasia to the Piano Concerto (1953-5)\u003cbr\u003e 16. Britten: The Turn of the Screw to Noye's Fludde (1953–7)\u003cbr\u003e 17. Tippett: Symphony No. 2 (1956–7)\u003cbr\u003e 18. Britten: the Nocturne to the War Requiem (1958–61)\u003cbr\u003e 19. Tippett: King Priam (1958–61)\u003cbr\u003e 20. Tippett: after King Priam (1962–3)\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Patterns of Transformation (1963–80): 21. Britten: The Cello Symphony and Curlew River (1963–4)\u003cbr\u003e 22. Tippett: The Vision of Saint Augustine (1963–5)\u003cbr\u003e 23. Britten: Blake, Pushkin and the second Church Parable (1965-6)\u003cbr\u003e 24. Britten: from The Prodigal Son to Who are these children? (1967–9)\u003cbr\u003e 25. Tippett: The Knot Garden and Songs for Dov (1966–70)\u003cbr\u003e 26. Britten: From Owen Wingrave to Death in Venice (1970-3)\u003cbr\u003e 27. Tippett: Symphony No. 3, Piano Sonata No. 3 (1970–3)\u003cbr\u003e 28. Britten: the final compositions (1974–6)\u003cbr\u003e 29. Tippett: The Ice Break, and after (1973–80)\u003cbr\u003e 30. Tippett: Into the eighties (1980–9)\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Further reading\u003cbr\u003e Index.\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":46003155075352,"sku":"9780521386685","price":35.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521386685_0814bff0-c9b9-4c25-a308-3259537e069a.gif?v=1691376188","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-music-of-britten-and-tippett-studies-in-themes-and-techniques-paperback-9780521386685","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}