The Britten companion / edited by Christopher Palmer.
| Other author | Palmer, Christopher editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1984. |
| Description | 485 pages : illustrations, portraits, music, facsimiles ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Perspectives. What do we know about Britten now? / Donald Mitchell -- Working for Benjamin Britten (I) / Imogen Holst -- Working for Benjamin Britten (II) / Rosamund Strode -- "Ben" - a tribute to Benjamin Britten / John Culshaw -- The ceremony of innocence / Christopher Palmer -- Stage works. Mapreading / Benjamin Britten in conversation with Donald Mitchell -- Paul Bunyan: the American Eden / Wilfrid Meller -- On playing Peter Grimes / Peter Pears -- Chaos and cosmos in Peter Grimes / Christopher Palmer -- The Rape of Lucretia / Christopher Headington -- Albert Herring / Edwin Stein -- Salvation at sea: Billy Budd / Philip Brett -- Turning the screw / Wilfrid Mellers -- Through Noye's Fludde / Wilfrid Mellers -- Entertaining the young: The Little Sweep / Imogen Holst -- Small victims: The Golden Vanity and Children's Crusade / Donald Mitchell -- Public and private in Gloriana / Donalt Mitchell -- The composer's Dream / Benjamin Britten -- The truth of the Dream / Wilfrid Mellers -- Catching on to the technique in Pagoda-land / Donald Mitchell -- The church parables (I): ritual and restraint / Donald Mitchell -- The church parables (II): limits and renewals / Robin Holloway -- Owen Wingrave: a case for pacifism / John Evans -- Death in Venice: the dark side of perfection / Donald Mitchell -- Towards a genealogy of Death in Venice / Christopher Palmer -- Voices. Composer and poet / Peter Porter -- Voice and piano / Graham Johnson -- Embalmer of the midnight: the orchestral song-cycles / Christopher Palmer -- The choral music / Anthony Milner -- The Beggar's Opera / Hans Keller -- The Purcell realizations / Eric Roseberry -- Instruments. The chamber music: an introduction / Donald Mitchell -- The solo chamber music / Eric Roseberry -- The string quartets and some other chamber works / David Matthews -- The orchestral works: Britten as instrumentalist / Christopher Palmer -- The concertos / John Evans. |
| Local note | Little-247573 - $34.50 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-456) and index. |
| LCCN | 83015379 |
| ISBN | 052126121X |
| ISBN | 0521278449 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML410.B853 B7 1984 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |