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The Operas of Benjamin Britten - Expression and Evasion (Paperback, New Ed) Loot Price: R921
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The Operas of Benjamin Britten - Expression and Evasion (Paperback, New Ed): Claire Seymour

The Operas of Benjamin Britten - Expression and Evasion (Paperback, New Ed)

Claire Seymour

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This controversial analysis of Britten's operatic works demonstrates how he used music to explore his most private concerns. Claire Seymour examines ways in which Britten's operas explored and articulated the inherent ambiguity and latent sexuality of music, particularly song, and suggests that they may illustrate his search for a public "voice" which would embody, communicate, and perhaps resolve his private beliefs and anxieties. She demonstrates how the delicate balance between private and public communication, and the tension between art as self-expression and art as moral resolution were key concerns in Britten's music. Analyses of Britten's operas from Paul Bunyan to Death in Venice, the three Church Parables, and several of the "children's operas" offer evidence that, for Britten, opera was the natural medium through which to explore, express and, paradoxically, repress his private concerns.

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Imprint: The Boydell Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: May 2007
First published: 2007
Authors: Claire Seymour
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 368
Edition: New Ed
ISBN-13: 978-1-84383-314-7
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Composers & musicians
Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > Opera
Books > Music > Composers & musicians
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LSN: 1-84383-314-X
Barcode: 9781843833147

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