1st Edition
Britten, Voice and Piano Lectures on the Vocal Music of Benjamin Britten
By Graham Johnson
Copyright 2003
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
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This collection of eight 'lectures' by internationally acclaimed pianist, Graham Johnson, is based on a series of concert talks given at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama as part of the Benjamin Britten festival in 2001. The focus of the book is on Britten's songs, starting with his earliest compositions in the genre. Graham Johnson suggests that the nature of Britten's creativity is... Read more
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.
Biography
Graham Johnson, edited by George Odam
