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Britten’s Donne, Hardy and Blake Songs - Cyclic Design and Meaning (Hardcover)
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Britten’s Donne, Hardy and Blake Songs - Cyclic Design and Meaning (Hardcover)
Series: Aldeburgh Studies in Music
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Presents a first analytical study that looks at the overarching
designs of Benjamin Britten's John Donne, Thomas Hardy and William
Blake solo song cycles. By questioning when a group of songs ought
to be understood not merely as a collection, but as a cycle, Sly
shows that Britten's personal selection and arrangement is
indispensable to understanding these cycles' extra-musical
communication. The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Winter Words (poems
by Hardy) and Songs and Proverbs of William Blake - composed in
1945, 1953 and 1965 respectively - each represent a philosophical
exploration. The terrains set out by the three poets are distinct,
but also engage one another in important and unexpected ways. Their
cyclic architectures are expressed not only in their poetic
arrangement, but in their musical settings. Key relationships and
motive remain central for Britten. Keys convey a network of
interconnections, create groupings of songs, and establish levels
of tonal affinity or distance. Motive - often intervals that can
fit into any melodic, harmonic or rhythmic context - is used to
create aural affinities between or among individual songs. This
book also offers a broader narrative revealing Britten's evolving
philosophical convictions in post-war Britain. While it may not be
the case that Britten intended any broader philosophical comment,
the works together outline the cold and brittle state that emerges
from loss and aligns with their composer's increasingly stark
outlook on humanity.
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