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