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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 Barcode
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.