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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    March 2022
    April 2022
    ISBN:
    9781108634878
    9781108496698
    9781108721844
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108634878
    Dimensions:
    (229 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.8kg, 426 Pages
    Dimensions:
    (229 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.63kg, 428 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Music, Music, Music: General Interest, Music Criticism
    Series:
    Composers in Context
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    Subjects:
    Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Music, Music, Music: General Interest, Music Criticism
    Series:
    Composers in Context
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    Benjamin Britten, pianist, conductor, educator, composer of  a wide range of music from large-scale operas and choral works to string quartets and songs, is acknowledged as a pivotal figure in mid-twentieth-century Britain. This volume explores the contexts for his multi-faceted career and his engagement with his contemporaries in music, art, literature, and film, British musical institutions, royal and governmental entities, and the church, as well as his ground-breaking projects, philosophical and ideological tenets. The book is thematically structured in five parts: Britten's relationships with Peter Pears, his close friends, mentors, and colleagues; musical life in Britain; his interactions with previous and contemporary generations of composers; his professional work with choreographers, librettists, stage designers, and directors; and his socio-cultural, religious, and political environment. The chapters shed light on the many opportunities and challenges of post-war British musical life that shaped Britten's creative output.

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