All the Gods - Benjamin Britten's Night-piece in Context (Hardcover)

Christopher Wintle's in-depth examination of Britten's Notturno includes a full set of sketches, the printed score, an introductory essay and two appendices, providing a new model for the study of Britten's work in general. Peter Pears once described Benjamin Britten as `a Greek who worships all the gods'; and in order to come to terms with Britten's music it is necessary to recognize a language deeply embedded in this Western tradition. This book is devoted to Night-piece (Notturno), written for the first Leeds International Pianoforte Competition of 1963. It addresses the work from many points of view: historical, documentary, analytical, formal, kinetic, hermeneutical, and affective. It also includes a wide range of illustrated allusions to other music, a full set of sketches, the printed score, arrays of modes and voice-leading graphs, and two appendices that take the issues of intensification and neapolitan relations further. In so doing, it provides a new model for the study of Britten's work in general.

General

Imprint:	Plumbago Books and Arts
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Poetics of Music
Release date:	September 2006
First published:	2006
Authors:	Christopher Wintle • Julian Littlewood
Editors:	Julian Littlewood
Dimensions:	244 x 172 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	136
ISBN-13:	978-0-9540123-8-0
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > General Books > Music > General
LSN:	0-9540123-8-0
Barcode:	9780954012380

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