Music and Sexuality in Britten - Selected Essays (Paperback)

Philip BrettOCOs groundbreaking writing on Benjamin Britten altered the course of music scholarship in the later twentieth century. This volume is the first to gather in one collection BrettOCOs searching and provocative work on the great British composer. Some of the early essays opened the door to gay studies in music, while the discussions that Brett initiated reinvigorated the study of BrittenOCOs work and inspired a generation of scholars to imagine the new musicology. Addressing urgent questions of how an artistOCOs sexual, cultural, and personal identity feeds into specific musical texts, Brett examines most of BrittenOCOs operas as well as his role in the British cultural establishment of the mid-twentieth century. With some of the essays appearing here for the first time, this volume develops a complex understanding of BrittenOCOs musical achievement and highlights the many ways that Brett expanded the borders of his field."

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2006
First published:	November 2006
Authors:	Philip Brett
Editors:	George E. Haggerty
Introduction by:	Susan McClary
Afterword by:	Jenny Doctor
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	295
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-24610-2
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Composers & musicians Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > 20th century music Books > Music > Composers & musicians Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > 20th century music
LSN:	0-520-24610-1
Barcode:	9780520246102

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