Britten on Music
Britten, Benjamin
;Kildea, Paul
Oxford University Press. 2003Ficha técnica
- EAN: 9780198167143
- ISBN: 978-0-19-816714-3
- Editorial: Oxford University Press
- Fecha de edición: 2003
- Encuadernación: Cartoné con sobrecubierta
- Dimensiones: 16,5x24
- Idioma: English
- Nº páginas: XVI+448
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-Illustrates the changing character of Britten's utterances over a span of 40 years.
-Collects together a vast range of material, some previously unpublished.
Benjamin Britten was a most reluctant public speaker. Yet his contributions were without doubt a major factor in the transformation during his lifetime of the structure of the art-music industry. This book, by bringing together all his published articles, unpublished speeches, drafts, and transcriptions of numerous radio interviews, explores the paradox of a reluctant yet influential cultural commentator, artist, and humanist. Whether talking about his own music, about the role of the artist in society, about music criticism, or wading into a debate on soviet ideology at the height of the cold war, Britten always gave a performance which reinforced the notion of a private man who nonetheless saw the importance of public disclosure.