Ideology in Britten''s Operas

Informationen zum Autor J. P. E. Harper-Scott is Professor of Music History and Theory at Royal Holloway, University of London. He has published extensively on music of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with a particular focus on twentieth-century British music. Klappentext Offers a thematic examination of Britten's operas, focusing particularly on the way that ideology is presented on stage. Zusammenfassung This thematic examination of Britten's operas focuses on the way that ideology is presented on stage. As well as being a record of the ideological world of mid-twentieth-century Britain, these operas continue to diagnose problems in our own time. This book argues that it is timely - if uncomfortable - for current audiences to re-address his music. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Mappa Mundi: 1. Defining ideology; 2. Ideological narratives; Part II. The Ship of State: 3. From manifest violence to its historical sediment; 4. The occultation of history; Part III. New World: 5. Women and children; 6. A shadow falls on castle walls.

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• Authors: HARPER-SCOT J. P. E, J P E Harper-Scott, J. P. E. (Royal Holloway Harper-Scott
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9781108402873
• ISBN: 978-1-108-40287-3
• No. of pages: 345
• Series: Music Since 1900
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Singing, making music; Humanities, art, music > Music > Music theory