Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd - Couverture souple

Cooke, Mervyn

 
9780521387507: Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521387507 ISBN 13 : 9780521387507
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1993

Synopsis

Billy Budd, based on Herman Melville's nautical allegory, is one of Britten's most challenging operas. This comprehensive guide considers the work from both literary and musical viewpoints. Melville's novella is discussed, as is the interpretation given to the novella by the librettists E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier. A detailed synopsis guides the reader through the musical and dramatic action of the opera and in a chapter devoted to the music, Britten's distinctive technique of tonal symbolism is analysed to demonstrate the effectiveness of his musical response to the dramatic suggestions of Melville's story. The most important critical writings on Billy Budd are represented by an expanded version of Donald Mitchell's 1979 notebook on the opera. A final chapter charts the opera's stage history and fluctuating critical reception.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Billy Budd, based on Herman Melville's nautical allegory, is one of Britten's most challenging operas. This comprehensive guide considers the work from both literary and musical viewpoints. Melville's novella is discussed, as is the interpretation given to the novella by the librettists E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier. A detailed synopsis guides the reader through the musical and dramatic action of the opera and in a chapter devoted to the music, Britten's distinctive technique of tonal symbolism is analysed to demonstrate the effectiveness of his musical response to the dramatic suggestions of Melville's story. The most important critical writings on Billy Budd are represented by an expanded version of Donald Mitchell's 1979 notebook on the opera. A final chapter charts the opera's stage history and fluctuating critical reception.

Revue de presse

"...a concise, informative study of Benjamin Britten's grandest opera." New York Daily News

"...excellent...enlightening...Cooke and Reed have put together a very useful and helpful handbook..." The Opera Journal

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
1993
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521387507
ISBN 13 
9780521387507
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
194
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0521383285 ISBN 13 :  9780521383288
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1993
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