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Benjamin Britten: A Guide to Research (Routledge Music Bibliographies) [Hardcover]

Peter J. Hodgson (Author)

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Publication Date: July 1, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0815317956 | ISBN-13: 978-0815317951 | Edition: 1

Hodgson has done an excellent job of working with the many existing resources on Britten and making his volume a concise, clear, and reliable starting point for those studying or researching the composer. This volume should be in the reference divisions of college/university libraries and should be listed as an important bibliographic source. It is highly recommended -- American Reference Books Annual '97

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Hardcover: 264 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (July 1, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0815317956
ISBN-13: 978-0815317951
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.8 inches
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Born eight months before the outbreak of World War I (4.viii.14), Britten was almost five when it concluded (11.xi.18). Read the first page

Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
small orch, adjutorium meum, church parables, chansons fran�aises, incidental music

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Benjamin Britten, Peter Grimes, New York, Peter Pears, Donald Mitchell, Folk Songs, Aldeburgh Festival, The Turn of the Screw, Billy Budd, Paul Bunyan, William Blake, British Isles, Orpheus Britannicus, Ceremony of Carols, Owen Wingrave, Royal College of Music, Albert Herring, Midsummer Night's Dream, The Rape of Lucretia, War Requiem, Britten Source Book, Curlew River, Hans Keller, John Evans, Myfanwy Piper

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This book cites 84 books:

Benjamin Britten: Death in Venice (Cambridge Opera Handbooks) by Donald Mitchell on 29 pages
Peter Grimes (Project Drama) by Michael Marland on 15 pages
Britten - War Requiem, Op. 66: The Masterworks Library (Boosey & Hawkes Masterworks Library) by Benjamin Britten on 12 pages
Britten Source Book by John Evans on 7 pages
Paul Bunyan: Libretto by W. H. Auden on 5 pages

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