Benjamin Britten: A Life For Music Neil Powell Windmill Books Αγγλικά Βιβλία Arts

Benjamin Britten Was The Greatest English Composer Of Twentieth Century And One Outstanding Musicians His Age Born In Lowestoft Suffolk 1913 Youngest Child A Dentist Father Amateur Musician Mother After Studying At Royal College Music He Became Vital Part London’s Creative Intellectual Life During 1930S Collaborating With W H Auden Meeting Lifelong Partner Tenor Peter Pears Outbreak Second World War Were Already America Earning Precarious Living As Freelance Before Re-Crossing Atlantic By Ship Perilous Days 1942 But East Coast England Where Himself Said Belonged: This Returned To Write Most Famous Opera Grimes – Eric Crozier Found Aldeburgh Festival 1948 Years That Followed Worldwide Reputation Grew Steadily Helped Busy Schedule International Tours For Many Crowned Extraordinary Success Requiem Meanwhile Went From Strength Its Progress Symbolised Opening Snape Maltings Concert Hall 1967 Mass Paradoxes: Solitary Introspective Thinker Who Came Ebullient Company Young People Whom Composed Some Memorable Works Man Political Left On Friendliest Terms Members Family Inspired Century’s Deepest Preoccupations Combined Innovation Profound Understanding Musical Tradition Devoted Friends Protégés Fellow Above All Someone Lived Neil Powell’s Book Is Landmark Biography Britten’s Centenary Year: Subtle Moving Portrait Brilliant Complex Ultimately Loveable Σελίδες: 544 Διαστάσεις: 12 9X12 9Cm