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245 10 a| Britten and Auden in the thirties :b| the year 1936 : the T.S. Eliot memorial lectures delivered at the University of Kent at Canterbury in November 1979 /c| by Donald Mitchell.;

250 a| New edition /b| with a foreword by Alan Hollinghurst.;

260 a| Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ;a| Rochester, NY, USA :b| Boydell Press,c| 2000.;

300 a| 176 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 22 cm.;

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490 1 a| Aldeburgh studies in music,x| 0969-3548 ;v| 5;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 7-10) and index.;

505 00 t| Our Hunting Fathers --t| Sound-tracks --t| Schoolroom and Cabaret --t| On this Island.;

520 a| The author's T.S. Eliot Memorial Lectures focus on the crucial year 1936, as experienced by two very active young creators. Benjamin Britten and W.H. Auden first found themselves working together in the GPO film unit, a collaboration which flowered and spilled over into the theatre and radio - a new medium that the liveliest creative minds of the time were exploring and exploiting. They also joined forces in works destined for the recital room and concert hall, among them Our Hunting Fathers, the political symbolism of which Donald Mitchell examines in depth, and On This Island, settings of early Auden that comprised Britten's first important set of songs to English texts. These lectures were notable for their first-ever access to Britten's private diaries, which he kept on a daily basis in the thirties, and a revealing portrait emerges of the two men's relationship, of their work together in many different fields, and the politics of the day and their appalled response to the rise of Fascism in Europe.;

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Britten and Auden in the thirties : the year 1936 : the T.S. Eliot memorial lectures delivered at the University of Kent at Canterbury in November 1979 / by Donald Mitchell.

Author/creator	Mitchell, Donald
Format	Book
Edition	New edition / with a foreword by Alan Hollinghurst.
Publication Info	Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY, USA : Boydell Press, 2000.
Description	176 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Subjects	Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973--Friends and associates. Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973. Composers--England. --Biography. Poets, English--20th century. --Biography.

Series	Aldeburgh studies in music, 0969-3548 ; 5 Aldeburgh studies in music ; v. 5. ^A324301
Contents	Our Hunting Fathers -- Sound-tracks -- Schoolroom and Cabaret -- On this Island.
Abstract	The author's T.S. Eliot Memorial Lectures focus on the crucial year 1936, as experienced by two very active young creators. Benjamin Britten and W.H. Auden first found themselves working together in the GPO film unit, a collaboration which flowered and spilled over into the theatre and radio - a new medium that the liveliest creative minds of the time were exploring and exploiting. They also joined forces in works destined for the recital room and concert hall, among them Our Hunting Fathers, the political symbolism of which Donald Mitchell examines in depth, and On This Island, settings of early Auden that comprised Britten's first important set of songs to English texts. These lectures were notable for their first-ever access to Britten's private diaries, which he kept on a daily basis in the thirties, and a revealing portrait emerges of the two men's relationship, of their work together in many different fields, and the politics of the day and their appalled response to the rise of Fascism in Europe.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 7-10) and index.
LCCN	00702882
ISBN	0851157904 (acid-free paper)

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