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Benjamin Britten, his life and operas / Eric Walter White.

By: White, Eric Walter, 1905-1985.
Contributor(s): Evans, John, 1953-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Faber & Faber, 1983Edition: 2nd ed. edited by John Evans.Description: 322 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0571119468; 0571180663 .Subject(s): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 | Composers -- Great Britain -- BiographyDDC classification: 780.92 BRI
Contents:
Part I: Life. Early works and training -- Collaboration with W. H. Auden -- American visit -- In wartime England -- First operatic successes -- Festival interlude -- Alderburgh: living in Crabbe Street -- Alderburgh: at the red house -- Person postscript. Part II: The operas. Paul Bunyan -- Peter Grimes -- The rape of Lucretia -- Albert Herring -- The beggar's opera -- The little sweep -- Billy Budd -- Gloriana -- The turn of the screw -- Noye's fludde -- A midsummer night's dream -- Curlew river -- The burning fiery furnace -- The prodigal son -- Owen Wingrave -- Death in Venice.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending 780.92 BRI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00139687
General Lending MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending 780.92 BRI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00101154
Total holds: 0

Bibliography: p. 305-306 - Includes index.

Part I: Life. Early works and training -- Collaboration with W. H. Auden -- American visit -- In wartime England -- First operatic successes -- Festival interlude -- Alderburgh: living in Crabbe Street -- Alderburgh: at the red house -- Person postscript. Part II: The operas. Paul Bunyan -- Peter Grimes -- The rape of Lucretia -- Albert Herring -- The beggar's opera -- The little sweep -- Billy Budd -- Gloriana -- The turn of the screw -- Noye's fludde -- A midsummer night's dream -- Curlew river -- The burning fiery furnace -- The prodigal son -- Owen Wingrave -- Death in Venice.

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