Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd

Klappentext Billy Budd! based on Herman Melville's nautical allegory! is one of Britten's most challenging operas. This comprehensive guide considers the work from both literary and musical viewpoints. Melville's novella is discussed as is the interpretation given to the novela by the librettists E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier. Zusammenfassung A full synopsis takes the reader through the musical and dramatic action of this! one of Britten's most challenging operas and further chapters discuss the literary background! the collaboration between librettists and composer! and the distinctive tonal symbolism of the music. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Synopsis; 2. Herman Melville's Billy Budd; 3. Britten's Billy Budd: Melville as opera libretto; 4. From first thoughts to first night: a Billy Budd chronology; 5. The 1960 revisions: a two-act Billy Budd; 6. Britten's 'prophetic song': tonal symbolism in Billy Budd; 7. A Billy Budd notebook (1979-91); 8. Stage history and critical reception; Appendices.

Product details

• Authors: Mervyn Cooke, Mervyn Reed Cooke, Philip Reed
• Assisted by: Mervyn Cooke (Editor), Philip Reed (Editor), Richard Wagner (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.07.1993
• EAN: 9780521387507
• ISBN: 978-0-521-38750-7
• No. of pages: 194
• Series: Cambridge Opera Handbooks
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries