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Britten experienced : modernism, musicology and sentiment / Peter Franklin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Franklin, Peter, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976--Criticism and interpretation.
- Britten, Benjamin.
- Music--20th century--History and criticism.
- Music.
- Opera--20th century.
- Opera.
- Modernism (Music).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 115 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- [1.].
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2024.
- Biography/History:
- Peter Franklin, a professor of music at the University of Oxford until 2014, is an Emeritus Fellow of St Catherine's College. He has taught on both sides of the Atlantic and has written a number of books and articles on Mahler, Schreker and other composers of the period c. 1880-1933.
- Contents:
- Introduction. The roots of my musical taste and chowrimootoo's worry
- Secondary-school Britten : The turn of the screw
- Encountering Britten as a music student at York in the late 1960s
- Graduation : Britten and Pears return to York
- Singing at Aldeburgh : musical scholarship
- A trip to East Berlin and the start of a career
- Essay : travels. Towards musical meaning (the Serenade for tenor, horn and strings)
- Essay : modernism and musicology.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 110-111) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781040040546
- 1040040543
- 9781032666631
- 1032666633
- 9781040040577
- 1040040578
- Publisher Number:
- 40032440157
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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