Benjamin Britten's Poets
Benjamin Britten's Poets
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Résumé
Poetry affected Benjamin Britten's musical ability and style of his composition. Arguably, no other composer of songs, set poems of such range and quality. All the 360 poems Britten set are included in this book, including Donne's complex "Holy Sonnets".
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Benjamin Britten's Poets by Boris Ford
Poetry affected Benjamin Britten's musical ability and style of his composition. Friendships and collaborations with writers - Auden and Forster among them - left their mark. Arguably, no other composer of songs, not even Schubert or Shumann, set poems of such range and quality. All the 360 poems Britten set are included in this book. They range from Donne's complex "Holy Sonnets" to the deceptive simplicity of Blake's "Oh rose thou art sick". They include anonymous ballads, modern work and poems in other languages (with translations). Full details of the source and use of each poem are given.
Boris Ford commissioned Benjamin Britten to write the children's opera Noye's Fludde when he was Head of Schools Broadcasting for Independent Television. His distinguished career has included a variety of professional and academic posts. He was general editor of The New Pelican Guide to English Literature and The Cambridge Guide to the Arts in Britain and edited the Universities Quarterly from 1955 to 1986.
| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9781857542400 |
| ISBN 10 | 1857542401 |
| Titre | Benjamin Britten's Poets |
| Auteur | Boris Ford |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Paperback |
| Éditeur | Carcanet Press Ltd |
| Année de publication | 1996-05-23 |
| Nombre de pages | 328 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |