In this classic study of Benjamin Britten and Michael Tippett, Arnold Whittall builds up a unique double portrait of the two leading composers of their generation. For this second, revised edition Whittall includes a new chapter on Tippett's major works of the 1980s: the Piano Sonata No. 4, the large-scale choral composition The Mask of Time and the most recent opera, New Year. In addition, new information on the Britten repertoire and an updated bibliography are also presented.
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"Arnold Whittall's brilliant technical book on the music of Benjamin Britten and Michael Tippett is really two books for the price of one." Opera Quarterly
"[Whittall's] book contains the most substantial writing on Tippett so far, while on Britten he provides an essential complement to Peter Evan's major study." Times Literary Supplement
"[Whittall's] book contains the most substantial writing on Tippett so far, while on Britten he provides an essential complement to Peter Evan's major study." Times Literary Supplement
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A dual portrait of Benjamin Britten and Michael Tippett emerges from this celebratory volume, updated with Tippett's work in the Eighties as well as additional information on the Britten repertoire.
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When Benjamin Britten began to compose a String Quartet in D major on 8 May 1931, he was seventeen years old and had been a student at the Royal College of Music in London since the previous September. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
higher consonances, tonal centrality, extended tonality, tonal argument, tonal centre, dominant preparation, tonic triad, fourth quartet, thematic process, church parable, harmonic character, harmonic organization, tonal resolution, tonal ambiguity, tonal scheme, major triad, first quartet, perfect cadence, tonal system Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Midsummer Marriage, Peter Grimes, The Ice Break, The Turn of the Screw, Billy Budd, King Priam, The Knot Garden, Curlew River, War Requiem, Piano Concerto, New Year, The Mask of Time, Les Illuminations, Our Hunting Fathers, Owen Wingrave, Paul Bunyan, Violin Concerto, Winter Words, Cello Symphony, Boy Was Born, Phantasy Quartet, The Prodigal Son, The Vision of Saint Augustine, Albert Herring, Church Parables New!
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When Benjamin Britten began to compose a String Quartet in D major on 8 May 1931, he was seventeen years old and had been a student at the Royal College of Music in London since the previous September. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
higher consonances, tonal centrality, extended tonality, tonal argument, tonal centre, dominant preparation, tonic triad, fourth quartet, thematic process, church parable, harmonic character, harmonic organization, tonal resolution, tonal ambiguity, tonal scheme, major triad, first quartet, perfect cadence, tonal system Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Midsummer Marriage, Peter Grimes, The Ice Break, The Turn of the Screw, Billy Budd, King Priam, The Knot Garden, Curlew River, War Requiem, Piano Concerto, New Year, The Mask of Time, Les Illuminations, Our Hunting Fathers, Owen Wingrave, Paul Bunyan, Violin Concerto, Winter Words, Cello Symphony, Boy Was Born, Phantasy Quartet, The Prodigal Son, The Vision of Saint Augustine, Albert Herring, Church Parables New!
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- Benjamin Britten: Death in Venice (Cambridge Opera Handbooks) by Donald Mitchell on 28 pages
- Peter Grimes (Project Drama) by Michael Marland on 27 pages
- Britten - War Requiem, Op. 66: The Masterworks Library (Boosey & Hawkes Masterworks Library) by Benjamin Britten on 16 pages
- New Year: Opera in 3 Acts (Vocal Score) by Michael Tippett on 7 pages
- Death in Venice: And Seven Other Stories by Thomas Mann on 4 pages
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- Tippett Studies (Cambridge Composer Studies) by David Clarke on page 39, page 118, and page 145
- Tippett: A Child of Our Time (Cambridge Music Handbooks) by Kenneth Gloag on page 94, and Back Matter
- The Cambridge Companion to Benjamin Britten (Cambridge Companions to Music) by Mervyn Cooke in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Opera (Cambridge Companions to Music) by Mervyn Cooke in Back Matter
- Benjamin Britten: A Guide to Research (Routledge Music Bibliographies) by Peter J. Hodgson on page 188
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