The Cambridge Companion to Benjamin Britten

Book Overview

The Cambridge Companion to Benjamin Britten is a comprehensive guide to the composer's work, aimed both at the non-specialist and music student. It sheds light on both the composer's stylistic and personal development, offering new interpretations of his operatic works and discussing his characteristic working methods. Topics treated here in detail for the first time include Britten's work in the cinema in the 1930s, his lifelong pacifism and his...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521574765
• ISBN13: 9780521574761
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.7"