Gloriana / Benjamin Britten.
By: Britten, Benjamin
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Contributor(s): Slater, Montagu.
Material type: 
BookSeries: Opera guide ; 24.Publisher: London : New York : J. Calder ; Riverrun, 1983Description: 128 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. + pbk.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0714538566.Subject(s): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Gloriana | Operas -- LibrettosDDC classification: 782.12 BRI
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General lending | MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending | 782.12 BRI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00103751 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The English National Opera Guides were originally conceived in partnership with the English National Opera and edited by Nicholas John, the ENO's dramaturg, who died tragically in an accident in the Alps. Most of the guides are devoted to a single opera, which is described in detail--with many articles that cover its history and information about the composer and his times. The complete libretto is included in both the original language and in a modern singing translation--except where the opera was written in English. Each has a thematic guide to the most important musical themes in musical notation and each guide is lavishly illustrated. They also contain a bibliography and a discography which is updated at each reprint. The ENO guides are widely regarded as the best series of their kind and excellent value.
Librettos by Montagu Slater and William Plomer, respectively.
The 1st work based on: Peter Grimes / George Crabbe.
Discography: p. 126-127.
Bibliography: p. 128.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Considered the most significant British composer since seventeenth-century composer Henry Purcell, Benjamin Britten excelled in composing series of songs, operas, and other types of vocal music. Pursuing a youthful interest in the piano, Britten studied at the Royal College of Music in London. His work drew the favorable attention of critics with the premiere of his Fantasy Quartet for Oboe and Strings in 1934.A conscientious objector in World War II; Britten composed War Requiem (1962) as a tribute to the victims of war everywhere. The composition, which incorporates parts for soloists, choruses, and orchestra, is based on the Latin text of the Mass for the Dead and verses by Wilfred Owen, a young English soldier killed in World War I. Following its first performance at Coventry Cathedral in Coventry, England, it received worldwide acclaim.
After World War II, Britten devoted himself principally to composing operas. His first operatic work was Paul Bunyan (1941), a choral operetta about a lumberjack who likes to sing ballads. Britten's two most successful operas are Peter Grimes (1945) and The Turn of the Screw (1954). Other operas by Britten include Rape of Lucretia (1946), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1960), and Death in Venice (1973). Using a remarkable sensitivity to text, Britten evolved vocal melodic lines followed by orchestral interludes that punctuate and enhance the dramatic flow of his operas.
Britten died in 1976.
(Bowker Author Biography)