Britten in Pictures

by Lucy Walker

A photographic journey, including a selection of previously unpublished images, that reveal the man 'behind the scenes' at work and play. A new and often surprising portrait of this major musical genius.

Britten in Pictures

Author: Lucy Walker

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ISBN: 9781843837497

Page: 266

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A photographic journey, including a selection of previously unpublished images, that reveal the man 'behind the scenes' at work and play. A new and often surprising portrait of this major musical genius.

Rethinking Britten

by Philip Rupprecht

Tuchowski, Andrzej. Benjamin Britten: Twórca, Dzieło, Epoka [Benjamin Britten:
Composer, Oeuvre, Epoch]. ... “'How a Child's Mind Works': Assessing the 'Value'
of Britten's Juvenilia.” Notes 64 (2008): ... Walker, Lucy, ed. Britten in Pictures.

Rethinking Britten

Author: Philip Rupprecht

Publisher: Oxford University Press

ISBN: 0199794812

Page: 312

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This book offers a new account of the composer's enduring popularity. 12 essays by a group of leading senior and emerging scholars offer fresh historical and interpretive contexts for all phases of Britten's career.

Benjamin Britten Studies

by Vicki P. Stroeher

After 1998 I treaded on the outskirts of Britten scholarship, giving presentations
here and there, but under heavy course ... with those that otherwise occupied my
early Britten research volumes: tattered, torn, and faded copies of Pictures from a
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Benjamin Britten Studies

Author: Vicki P. Stroeher

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

ISBN: 1783271957

Page: 526

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Bringing together established authorities and new voices, this book takes off the 'protective arm' around Britten.

Benjamin Britten

by Peter John Hodgson

Benjamin Britten 1913-1976 : Pictures from a Life . London : Faber and Faber ,
1978. 456 p . ISBN 0-684-15974-0 . ML 410 .B853 . Described as “ A Pictorial
Biography , ” this study serves as a photographic complement to the later Letters
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Benjamin Britten

Author: Peter John Hodgson

Publisher: Psychology Press

ISBN: 9780815317951

Page: 244

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First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Benjamin Britten

by Igor Toronyi-Lalic

173Benjamin Britten: Pictures from a Life 1913–1976, complied by Donald
Mitchell and John Evans, picture 96. 174 HCBB, p. 584. 175 PKBB, p. 559.
176NPBB, pp. 459–60. CHAPTER 12: LEGACY 177 The Operas of Benjamin
Britten, Claire.

Benjamin Britten

Author: Igor Toronyi-Lalic

Publisher: Penguin UK

ISBN: 0241967589

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Benjamin Britten was one of the most important and unusual figures in twentieth-century music. This is the perfect introduction to his many wonderful works and his fascinating, controversial life. Benjamin Britten single-handedly transformed the reputation of British classical music. The enormous popular appeal of his great works, such as Peter Grimes (1945) and the Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (1946), make him the most successful opera composer of any born in the twentieth century. But his success was not without controversy and pain: he was accused of fleeing Britain to avoid military service, he was widely known to be sexually obsessed with boys and he suffered an astonishing array of illnesses. This short book combines a colourful overview of his life with pithy descriptions of all of his major musical works, providing an intimate portrait of this highly unusual man and a persuasive account of his influences, reputation and importance. Each chapter tackles a key episode and theme in his life, from his first compositions at the age of 5, his early friendship and collaboration with W H Auden and the beginnings of his life-long relationship with the tenor Peter Pears, through to his great musical successes and the establishment of the influential, if tempestuous, Aldeburgh Festival, as well as his failures, such as his coronation opera Gloriana (known as 'Boriana') and being satirised by Dudley Moore in Beyond the Fringe - and ending with frank discussions of his naïve politics, his troubling sexuality and his glorious musical legacy. Published to coincide with his 100th anniversary of his birth, this is the perfect introduction to a towering figure of British culture. Igor Toronyi-Lalic is a critic and curator. He writes regularly on music for, among others, The Times and Sunday Telegraph. He is a founder of theartsdesk.com, the author of What's That Thing? (2012), a report on public art, and co-director of the London Contemporary Music Festival.

Britten and the Far East

by Mervyn Cooke

Asian Influences in the Music of Benjamin Britten Mervyn Cooke. shrines filled
with images which have stood there since 600AD . We fed the famous holy deer
and took part in the most impressive , complicated and full of deep meaning ...

Britten and the Far East

Author: Mervyn Cooke

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

ISBN: 9780851158303

Page: 279

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Investigation into the influence of Eastern music on Britten's composition.

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Journeying Boy

by John Evans

Journeying Boy is a selection of his diaries that offer the reader an unseen insight into this complex man.

Journeying Boy

Author: John Evans

Publisher: Faber & Faber

ISBN: 0571274641

Page: 608

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Best remembered for his operas and his War Requiem, Benjamin Britten's radical politics and his sexuality have also ensured that he remains a controversial public figure. Journeying Boy is a selection of his diaries that offer the reader an unseen insight into this complex man. Encompassing the years 1928-1938, they explore some key periods of Britten's life - his early compositions, his education first under composer Frank Bridge and then at the Royal College of Music, an unhappy but productive period studying under John Ireland and Ralph Vaughan Williams, and his reluctant and often painful process of parting from the warm, safe environment of his family home and his beloved mother. The diaries cast light on an often misrepresented musician whose technique, originality and musical prowess have entranced audiences for generations and who continues to inspire composers and musicians around the world.

Britten

by Michael Kennedy

Benjamin Britten : Peter Grimes , Cambridge , 1983 . Britten , Beth . My Brother
Benjamin , Bourne End , 1986 . Carpenter , Humphrey . Benjamin Britten : a
Biography ... Benjamin Britten : Pictures from a life 1913 – 1976 , London , 1978 .

Britten

Author: Michael Kennedy

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Page: 355

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Part of a series providing comprehensive coverage of the life and works of great composers, this revised edition focuses on Benjamin Britten and includes his posthumously published works and new biographical material. All the reference sections have been updated, including the discography of Britten's performances of his own works. It is suitable for musicians, students and the general reader alike.

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Poem by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE . Illustrated by W. E. F. BRITTEN .
The Meissonier Exhibition , By CLAUDE PHILLIPS . With Ten Illustrations , The ...

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ON THE COVER : Benjamin Britten at home in Aldeburgh last summer , in a
photograph by Tony Ray - Jones , who also took the pictures on pages 12
through 15 . 60 Mk II with pre - set automatic anti - skating assembly built into
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The Music of Lennox Berkeley

by Peter Dickinson

D Mitchell and J Evans : Benjamin Britten , Pictures from a Life 1913 – 1976 . See
pp . 85 – 86 for photographs of the two composers working and p 116 of this book
for Britten ' s picture of Berkeley . 21 . PF Radcliffe : The Criterion , October ...

The Music of Lennox Berkeley

Author: Peter Dickinson

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Page: 240

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Leven en werk van de Britse componist (geb. 1903).