Tribute to Benjamin Britten on his fifieth birthday / edited by Anthony Gishford.

Other author Gishford, Anthony, editor.
Other author Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 honoree.
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon : Faber and Faber, 1963.
Description195 pages : illustrations, music ; 23 cm
Subjects
Music--History and criticism.

Contents Hommage à Benjamin Britten / Francis Poulenc -- Dear Ben / Mstislav Rostropovich -- The Suffolk countryside / The Earl of Cranbrook -- The other side of the Alde / Kenneth Clark -- Arctic summer / E.M. Forster -- Ausflug Ost 1956 / Ludwig Prince of Hesse and the Rhine -- Twenty years ago / Clifford Curzon -- A visit to Snape / Aaron Copland -- A chivalrous tradition / Yehudi Menuhin -- Some thoughts on the libretto of "The Turn of the Screw" / Myfanwy Piper -- Some notes on the translation of Bach's Passions / Peter Pears -- The Morley Consort lessons / Julian Bream -- The truth about Così / Donald Mitchell -- Boys' voices / George Malcolm -- Indian music / Imogen Holst -- Key characteristics / Hans Keller -- Praise we great men / Edith Sitwell -- Edward FitzGerald / William Plomer -- Capriccio: Lathyrus maritimus / Robert Gathorne-Hardy -- The humanity of George Crabbe / Ronald Duncan -- In memoriam, Erwin Stein 1885-1958 / The Earl of Harewood -- Dinu Lipatti / Paul Sacher -- A poem by Goethe / Elizabeth Mayer -- Excerpt from a letter to the editor / Carlo Maria Giulini -- The bad old days / Joan Cross -- Greek Shadow Theatre / Eric Walter White -- The peaceable kingdom / Anthony Gishford.
Abstract This is not a book about Mr. Britten or his music, although there are some memorable glimpses of the man and artist as seen by his friends and collaborators. It reflects, rather, the variety of his own and his friends' interests, which range from the Suffolk countryside and Indian music to Mozart's Così and the Greek Shadow theatre. A notable contribution is made by E. M. Forster, who offers a chapter from an unfinished novel, Arctic Summer. The contributors have written about a subject close to his own heart which at the same time will appeal to Mr. Britten himself. The illustrations are contributions in their own right, made by the many friends Mr Britten has among artists: Reynolds Stone, John Piper, John Nash, Mary Potter, Henry Moore, Georg Ehrlich and Kenneth Green. Reproductions of autograph MSS. by Michael Tippett and Hans Werner Henze are also among the tributes.
General noteContains essays and poems in English and some in French, Italian, and German.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (page 190).

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Music Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk ML55.B75 G6 1963 ✔ Available Place Hold