Britten pears library (43 résultats)

1st edition. 1st edition. Aldeburgh Studies in Music, volume 1 (ISSN: 0969-3548). Clean and bright with no marks or inscriptions. Very slight fading to spine of dustjacket but overall a very nice copy. Used - Very Good. VG Hardback in VG Dustjacket Used - Very Good. VG Hardback in VG Dustjacket.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 4to, xviii + 252pp. Includes color facsimiles of musical scores. Softcover, in very good condition. Tight binding and crisp, clean, interior. No markings or signs of prior ownership. Slight shelf-wear or rubbing to extremities; corners lightly bumped, otherwise like new.…

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series: Aldeburgh studies in music, v. 1. Physical description: xi, 193 pages : music ; 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-181) and index. Contents: "Happy were he": Benjamin Britten and the Gloriana story / Robert Hewison -- The creative evolution of Gloriana / Philip Reed -- Britten's major set-back? Aspects of the first critical response to Gloriana / Antonia Malloy -- The paradox of Gloriana: simple and difficult / Donald Mitchell -- The number principle and dramatic momentum in Gloriana / Peter Evans -- Gloriana: a list of sources / Paul Banks and Rosamund Strode -- Gloriana: a bibliography / Antonia Malloy. Subjects: Britten, Benjamin 1913-1976. Gloriana; peras. Gloriana, op53; Criticism and interpretation; Sources; Opera England 20th century; Congresses; Music. 1 Kg.…

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series: Aldeburgh studies in music, v. 1. Physical description: xi, 193 pages : music ; 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-181) and index. Contents: "Happy were he": Benjamin Britten and the Gloriana story / Robert Hewison -- The creative evolution of Gloriana / Philip Reed -- Britten's major set-back? Aspects of the first critical response to Gloriana / Antonia Malloy -- The paradox of Gloriana: simple and difficult / Donald Mitchell -- The number principle and dramatic momentum in Gloriana / Peter Evans -- Gloriana: a list of sources / Paul Banks and Rosamund Strode -- Gloriana: a bibliography / Antonia Malloy. Subjects: Britten, Benjamin 1913-1976. Gloriana; peras. Gloriana, op53; Criticism and interpretation; Sources; Opera England 20th century; Congresses; Music. 1 Kg.…

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 284pp. figs. Slight shelf wear to covers with lower front corner a little bent and mark from a small previous label to rear. Previous owner's inscription to half-title page, o/w contents very clean and bright. Overseas orders may require additional postage.

Paperback. Etat : Good. Some slight wear. Previous owner's lengthy inscription to front wrapper verso.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket (as published). The transcript of a lecture given as part of the annual Aldeburgh Festival. In clean and sound condition and available for prompt dispatch from the UK. Please be aware that this ISBN has been used for multiple different publications. Please check the title is the one you require.…

Large 8vo. pp xvii, 266. Black card wraps/paperback with gold lettering at spine. Includes a black and white plate of Britten as the frontispiece. ISBN: 0951193996 Some creasing to spine, slight wave, lightly shelfworn, else content clean. very good.

paperback. Etat : Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Stapled Wraps. Etat : Mint. 14pp. Size: 8vo.

Size: 8vo. [20] pp. Publisher's printed pictorial wrappers.

Hard Cover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A clean, bright copy.

Etat : Good. Gilt cloth.; Small dedication on endpapr.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; slightly dust-dulled and edge-bumped. Remains of old stickers to rear cover. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xvii, 355 pages : illustrations, portraits, music ; 24 cm. Notes; Published in conjunction with the Britten-Pears Library, Aldeburgh. Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-330) and index. Contents; Donald Mitchell: A Chronology -- Foreword / Marion Thorpe -- 1. Mahler and Viennese Modernism / Paul Banks -- 2. Gustav Mahlers Sprache / Herta Blaukopf -- 3. Mahler and the BBC / Asa Briggs -- 4. Gustav Mahler: Memories and Translations / Peter Franklin -- 5. Mahler and the New York Philharmonic: The Truth Behind the Legend / Henry-Louis De La Grange -- 6. Mahler on Stamps / Gilbert Kaplan -- 7. Mahler and Self-Renewal / Colin Matthews -- 8. In Search of Mahler's Childhood / David Matthews -- 9. Vestdijk on Mahler, 1924-69: A Symphony in Words / Eveline Nikkels -- 10. A New Transition: Some Pages from the Third Movement of Mahler's Ninth Symphony / Edward R. Reilly -- 11. The Song of the Earth: Some Personal Thoughts / Peter Sculthorpe -- 12. Mahler the Factual / Erwin Stein -- 13. Mahler and Pfitzner: A Parallel Development / John Williamson -- 14. From No to Nebuchadnezzar / Mervyn Cooke -- 15. Britten and His Fellow Composers: Six Footnotes for a Seventieth Birthday / David Drew -- 16. Donald Mitchell as Publisher: A Personal Recollection / Peter Du Sautoy -- 17. The Key to the Parade / Oliver Knussen -- 18. Notes on a Theme from Peter Grimes / Ludmila Kovnatskaya -- 19. The Making of Auden's Hymn for St Cecilia's Day / Edward Mendelson -- 20. Edinburgh Diary 1968 / Kathleen Mitchell -- 21. Towards a Genealogy of Death in Venice / Christopher Palmer -- 22. Venice, 1954 / Myfanwy Piper -- 23. On the Sketches for Billy Budd / Philip Reed -- 24. 'Abraham and Isaac' Revisited: Reflections on a Theme and Its Inversion / Eric Roseberry -- 25. Not All the Way to the Tigers: Britten's Death in Venice / Edward W. Said -- 26. A (Far Eastern) Note on Paul Bunyan / Somsak Ketukaenchan -- 27. Writing and Copying: A Superficial Survey of Benjamin Britten's Music / Rosamund Strode -- 28. Along the Knife-Edge: The Topic of Transcendence in Britten's Musical Aesthetic / Arnold Whittall -- A Bibliography of Donald Mitchell's Writings, 1945-1995 / Maureen Buja -- Index / Jill Burrows. Subjects; Mahler, Gustav 1860-1911. Britten, Benjamin 1913-1976. Music 19th century History and criticism. Music 20th century History and criticism. Composers Germany. Composers Great Britain. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. 4to. pp xx, 279. Colour illustrated dust jacket. Original publisher's maroon cloth with gilt lettering at spine. Black and white diagrams throughout and inserted CD at rear. ISBN: 0851155790 Fine in fine dust jacket.

Etat : Fair. Volume 1. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This is a pamphlet. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,150grams, ISBN:1897747020.…

Etat : Very Good. First edition. Paperback. Slim octavo. 23pp. Original printed paperback. Light wear otherwise very good indeed. Owner name inside front cover.

Etat : Very Good. First edition. Hardback. Large octavo. xvii, 266pp. Original dark green cloth with gilt titles. Light wear to covers, slight fading to fore-edge, otherwise very good indeed. No jacket.

Etat : Fine. First edition. Paperback. Slim octavo. 14pp. Original printed paperback. About fine (slight spine fading).

Etat : Very Good. First edition. Paperback. Slim octavo. 26pp. Original printed paperback. Very good indeed.

Etat : Very Good. First edition. Paperback. Slight fading at spine otherwise very good indeed.

Etat : Very Good. First edition. Hardback. Slight wear otherwise near fine in a lightly shelf worn, very good indeed dust jacket.

Etat : Very Good. First edition. Paperback. Slim octavo. (19)pp. Original printed paperback. Slight wear otherwise very good indeed.

Etat : Fine. First edition. Paperback. Slim octavo. 14pp. Original printed orange paperback. Slight edge fading otherwise about fine.

Etat : Very Good. First edition. Paperback. Slim octavo. 23pp. Original printed paperback. Very good indeed.

1st ed. "The distinguished international career of this remarkable tenor.extended from the mid-1930s to 1980. His close association with Benjamin Britten inspired a vast and enormously rich repertoire written especially for him.This book reflects the affection, gratitude and respect of Sir Peter's many friends and colleagues as well as his own wide cultural interests." Pp.12/145, b/w photo frontis. + 32 plates. Brown cloth, d/w. VG/VG.…

Etat : Very Good. First edition. Paperback. Slim octavo. Original printed paperback. Cover very slightly marked, otherwise near fine.

Etat : Very Good. First edition. Paperback. Pamphlet. Slightly fading at spine otherwise very good indeed.

Etat : Fine. First edition. Paperback. Slim paperback. A fine copy. Prince of Hesse Memorial Lecture.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good +. First edition. 80pp. Quarto stapled booklet. Contents clean and unmarked. Thin card covers printed navy and orange. Small crease to bottom corner and very light rubbing to spine. Very nice copy.