Benjamin Britten : a commentary on his works from a group of specialists / edited by Donald Mitchell and Hans Keller.

Author/creator Mitchell, Donald editor.
Other author Keller, Hans, 1919-1985, editor.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Philosophical Library, [1953, ©1952]
Descriptionxi, 410 pages : illustrations, portraits, music ; 23 cm
Subjects
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976--Discography.

Contents The man / The Earl of Harewood -- The musical atmosphere / Donald Mitchell -- The vocal music / Peter Pears -- The Purcell realizations / George Malcolm -- The choral music / H. F. Redlich -- Peter Grimes. The music; the story not excluded / Arthur Oldham -- Peter Grimes. The story; the music not excluded / Hans Keller -- Peter Grimes. Opera and Peter Grimes / Erwin Stein -- The chamber operas / Norman Del Mar. The Rape of Lucretia ; Albert Herring ; The Beggar's Opera -- Dido and Aeneas / George Malcolm -- Billy Budd / Erwin Stein -- The chamber music / Paul Hamburger -- The string orchestra / Boyd Neel -- The symphonies / Erwin Stein -- The concertos / Joan Chissell -- The piano music. Its place in Britten's development / Georges Auric -- The piano music. Critical survey / A.E.F. Dickinson -- Britten and young / Imogen Holst -- The light music / Lennox Berkeley -- The incidental music / William Mann -- Bibliography of Benjamin Britten's incidental music / Eric Walter White -- The pianist / Paul Hamburgers -- The musical character / Hans Keller -- Discography / Desmond Shawe-Taylor.
General note"Chronological catalogue of works": pages 361-367.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 368-388), discography (pages 352-360), and index.
LCCN 53007938

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Music Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk ML410.B853 M5 1953 ✔ Available Place Hold