Benjamin Britten
A Life in the Twentieth Century
$45.18
- Paperback
720 pages
- Release Date
11 April 2014
Summary
Benjamin Britten was Britain’s greatest twentieth-century composer, who broke decisively with figures such as Elgar and Vaughan Williams and recreated English music in a fresh, modern, European form.
Paul Kildea’s biography is now the definitive account of Britten’s extraordinary life, exploring his passionately held and controversial pacifism; his complex forty-year relationship with Peter Pears; and his determined - sometimes ruthless - making of an artistic community in Aldeburgh. …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781846142338 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1846142334 |
| Author: | Paul Kildea |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 720 |
| Release Date: | 11 April 2014 |
| Weight: | 480g |
| Dimensions: | 194mm x 131mm x 34mm |
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Critics Review
Indispensable … This is a masterly, highly readable account and the most comprehensive to date of the life and work of one of the 20th century’s great musical figures
Indispensable … This is a masterly, highly readable account and the most comprehensive to date of the life and work of one of the 20th century’s great musical figures – Barry Millington * Evening Standard *
[A] wise, cautious, challenging book … Kildea’s verbal explorations of the music are done with level-headed sensitivity leavened by a quirky lightness of touch – Alexandra Harris * New Statesman *
About The Author
Paul Kildea
Paul Kildea holds an honours degree in piano performance and a masters degree in musicology from The University of Melbourne - where he is now an Honorary Principal Fellow and where in 2016 he was Miegunyah Distinguished Visiting Fellow - and a doctorate from Oxford University. His books include Selling Britten and Britten on Music. In January 2013 Penguin published Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century to enormous critical acclaim; it is now widely recognized as the best book on its subject, the Financial Times calling it ‘unquestionably the music book of the year.’ In June 2018 Penguin published Chopin’s Piano: A Journey Through Romanticism, which is currently being developed as a feature film. In October 2019 he succeeded Carl Vine as Artistic Director of Musica Viva, Australia.
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