The Cambridge companion to Benjamin Britten

Abstract

Introduction Mervyn Cooke Part I. Apprenticeship: 1. Juvenilia (1922-1932) Christopher Mark 2. Britten, Auden and 'Otherness' Paul Kildea 3. Britten in the cinema: 'Coal Face' Philip Reed Part II. The Operas: 4. 'He Descended into Hell': Peter Grimes, Ellen Orford and Salvation Denied Stephen Arthur Allen 5. The chamber operas Arnold Whittall 6. 'Gloriana': Britten's 'Slighted Child' Antonia Malloy-Chirgwin 7. Britten and Shakespeare: 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Mervyn Cooke 8. Eros in life and death: 'Billy Budd' and 'Death in Venice' Clifford Hindley Part III. Perspectives: 9. Distant horizons : from Pagodaland to the Church Parables Mervyn Cooke 10. Violent climates Donald Mitchell 11. Britten as symphonist Arved Ashby 12. The concertos and early orchestral scores: aspects of style and aesthetic Eric Roseberry 13. The chamber music Philip Rupprecht 14. Music for voices Ralph Woodward Part IV. The Composer in the Community: 15. Britten and the world of the child Stephen Arthur Allen 16. Old songs in new contexts: Britten as arranger Eric Roseberry 17. Aldeburgh Judith LeGrove.

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