Britten, Voice and Piano: Lectures on the Vocal Music of Benjamin Britten
- Author: Johnson, Graham
- Editor: Johnson, Graham
- Editor: Odam, George
a survey from an artist so steeped in Britten's music is of tremendous value...Students and anyone interested in Britten will find this book stimulating. The writing and presentation is of the... — More…
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Contents
- Contents: Introduction
- Lecture 1, The Young Britten
- Lecture 2. Britten Abroad: Italy, Poland and France
- Lecture 3, The British Folksong Settings
- Lecture 4, A Miscellany of Folksongs
- Lecture 5, Britten the Elizabethan and Britten the Baroque
- Lecture 6, Beginnings (Auden) and Ends (Eliot)
- Lecture 7, Britten and Russia
- Lecture 8, Britten and the English Landscape
- Index.