Music of Britten and Tippett : Studies in Themes and Techniques by Arnold Whittall (1990, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521386683
ISBN-139780521386685
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Number of Pages332 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameMusic of Britten and Tippett : Studies in Themes and Techniques
Publication Year1990
SubjectGenres & Styles / Classical, General
TypeTextbook
AuthorArnold Whittall
Subject AreaMusic
FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Weight19 Oz
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Edition Number2
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN89-071275
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews'Arnold Whittall's brilliant technical book on the music of Benjamin Britten and Michael Tippett is really two books for the price on one.'Opera Quarterly, ‘This is an important book, enriching with far more exact substance than had so far been essayed the common view of these two composers as talents in many ways complementary.’Music and Letters, '[Whittall's] book contains the most substantial writing on Tippett so far, while on Britten he provides an essential complement to Peter Evans's major study.'The Times Literary Supplement, 'Arnold Whittall's brilliant technical book on the music of Benjamin Britten and Michael Tippett is really two books for the price on one.' Opera Quarterly, "[Whittall's] book contains the most substantial writing on Tippett so far, while on Britten he provides an essential complement to Peter Evan's major study." Times Literary Supplement, 'This is an important book, enriching with far more exact substance than had so far been essayed the common view of these two composers as talents in many ways complementary.' Music and Letters, ‘Arnold Whittall’s brilliant technical book on the music of Benjamin Britten and Michael Tippett is really two books for the price on one.’Opera Quarterly, '[Whittall's] book contains the most substantial writing on Tippett so far, while on Britten he provides an essential complement to Peter Evans's major study.' The Times Literary Supplement, "Arnold Whittall's brilliant technical book on the music of Benjamin Britten and Michael Tippett is really two books for the price of one." Opera Quarterly, ‘[Whittall’s] book contains the most substantial writing on Tippett so far, while on Britten he provides an essential complement to Peter Evans’s major study.’The Times Literary Supplement
Dewey Edition20
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal780.922
Table Of ContentAcknowledgements; Prologue; Part I. The Thirties and the War: 1. Britten: Four early works (1931-3); 2. Tippett: String quartet No. 1, Piano Sonata No. 1 (1934-7); 3. Britten: Our Hunting Fathers to the Violin Concerto (1936-9); 4. Tippett in 1939: the Concerto for Double String Orchestra; 5. Britten in America: 1939-42; 6. Tippett: an oratorio, a string quartet and a cantata (1939-43); 7. Britten's return: 1942-3; 8. Tippett and symphonic form (1944-6); Postscript: the Britten legacy; Part II. After the War (1944-63): 9. Britten: Peter Grimes (1944-5); 10. Britten: the Donne Sonnets and the String Quartet No. 2 (1945); 11. Britten: The Rape of Lucretia and Albert Herring (1946-7); 12. Britten: from Albert Herring to Billy Budd (1947-51); 13. Tippett: The Midsummer Marriage (1946-52); 14. Britten: from Canticle II to Winter Words (1952-3); 15. Tippett: from the Corelli Fantasia to the Piano Concerto (1953-5); 16. Britten: The Turn of the Screw to Noye's Fludde (1953-7); 17. Tippett: Symphony No. 2 (1956-7); 18. Britten: the Nocturne to the War Requiem (1958-61); 19. Tippett: King Priam (1958-61); 20. Tippett: after King Priam (1962-3); Part III. Patterns of Transformation (1963-80): 21. Britten: The Cello Symphony and Curlew River (1963-4); 22. Tippett: The Vision of Saint Augustine (1963-5); 23. Britten: Blake, Pushkin and the second Church Parable (1965-6); 24. Britten: from The Prodigal Son to Who are these children? (1967-9); 25. Tippett: The Knot Garden and Songs for Dov (1966-70); 26. Britten: From Owen Wingrave to Death in Venice (1970-3); 27. Tippett: Symphony No. 3, Piano Sonata No. 3 (1970-3); 28. Britten: the final compositions (1974-6); 29. Tippett: The Ice Break, and after (1973-80); 30. Tippett: Into the eighties (1980-9); Epilogue; Notes; Further reading; Index.
SynopsisIn this classic study of Benjamin Britten and Michael Tippett, Arnold Whittall builds up a unique double portrait of the two leading composers of their generation. For this second, revised edition Whittall includes a new chapter on Tippett's major works of the 1980s: the Piano Sonata No. 4, the large-scale choral composition The Mask of Time and the most recent opera, New Year. In addition, new information on the Britten repertoire and an updated bibliography are also presented., In this classic study of Benjamin Britten and Michael Tippett, Arnold Whittall builds a unique double portrait of the two leading composers of their generation. This revised edition includes a new chapter on Tippett's major works of the 1980s, new information on the Britten repertoire and an updated bibliography.
LC Classification NumberML390 .W38 1990
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