The tenderness of silent minds : Benjamin Britten and his War requiem / Martha C. Nussbaum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nussbaum, Martha C. (Martha Craven), 1947- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. War requiem.

Britten, Benjamin.

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976--Criticism and interpretation.

Pears, Peter, 1910-1986.

Pears, Peter.

Music and war--History--20th century.

Music and war.

Pacifism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]

Summary:

The human body is the primary instrument of war, yet those waging war often confront soldiers' bodies in a detached or merely intellectual way. In The 'Tenderness of Silent Minds', Martha C. Nussbaum, a leading thinker on emotion, morality, and justice, conducts a pioneering study of Benjamin Britten's musical representations of the tender male body amidst the brutality of war, and their ability to transform consciousness by evoking potent, non-personal emotions.

Contents:

Cover

The Tenderness of Silent Minds

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction: Britten and Coventry

Part I. Music, Bodies, Beauty, Vulnerability

2. Music as Representation of Bodily Striving and Failure

3. Britten, Auden, and the Spirit of War: Persecuting Bodies

4. Britten and Pears: The Beauty and Nobility of Human Love

5. Pacifisms and the Music of Peace

6. Reconciliation: Aldeburgh, Wolfenden, Coventry

Part II. War Requiem

Conclusion: The Way Forward

Bibliography

List of Britten Works and Owen Poems

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 8, 2024).

ISBN:

0-19-756856-4

0-19-756854-8

0-19-756855-6

OCLC:

1433224461