Beyond Britten : the composer and the community /
Beyond Britten : the composer and the community /
edited by Peter Wiegold & Ghislaine Kenyon.
- 272 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
With his Aspen award lecture (1964), Benjamin Britten expressed a unique commitment to community and place. This book revisits this seminal lecture, but then uses it as a starting point of reflection, inviting leading composers, producers and writers to consider the role of the composer in the community in Britain in the last fifty years.
Specialized.
9781843839651 (hbk.) : £45.00
Composers--Great Britain.
Composition (Music)--Social aspects.
Music.
Music.
780.9'41
With his Aspen award lecture (1964), Benjamin Britten expressed a unique commitment to community and place. This book revisits this seminal lecture, but then uses it as a starting point of reflection, inviting leading composers, producers and writers to consider the role of the composer in the community in Britain in the last fifty years.
Specialized.
9781843839651 (hbk.) : £45.00
Composers--Great Britain.
Composition (Music)--Social aspects.
Music.
Music.
780.9'41