Benjamin Britten - A Life in the Twentieth Century

Informationen zum Autor Paul Kildea is a writer and conductor who has performed many of the Britten works he writes about! in opera houses and concert halls from Sydney to Hamburg. He has written extensively on the relationship between music and culture in the twentieth century: his previous books include Selling Britten (2002) and (as editor) Britten on Music (2003). He was Head of Music at the Aldeburgh Festival between 1999 and 2002 and subsequently Artistic Director of the Wigmore Hall in London. He lives in Berlin. Klappentext A marvellously insightful biography of Britain's greatest composer of the 20th century. It is published to mark the beginning of the Britten centenary year in 2013! which will be marked with celebrations right up to his birthday on 22nd November! and promises to be one of the most moving and enjoyable portraits of a creative artist to have appeared for many years.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Kildea, Kildea Paul
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2013
• EAN: 9781846142321
• ISBN: 978-1-84614-232-1
• No. of pages: 688
• Series: ALLEN LANE
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre > Biographies, autobiographies; Biographien (div.), Britten, Benjamin