Paul Kildea

Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century

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ISBN 13:
9781846142338
author:
Paul Kildea
format:
Paperback
publisher:
Penguin
language:
English
Publication Year:
2014
Pages:
688
Dimensions:
12.9 x 3.4 x 19.6 cm
Genre:
Biography, Film, Television & Music, Music
Condition:
New
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£16.72

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Benjamin Britten was Britain's greatest twentieth-century composer, who broke decisively with figures such as Elgar and Vaughan Williams and recreated English music in a fresh, modern, European form. This biography is the definitive account of his extraordinary life, exploring his passionately held and controversial pacifism; his complex forty-year relationship with Peter Pears; and his determined making of an artistic community in Aldeburgh.

Paul Kildea's masterly, highly readable account helps us understand the relationship of Britten's music to his life, taking us as far into his creative process as we are ever likely to go. With its bracing opinionated style and beautifully articulated prose, this book brings all Britten's complexities vividly to life.

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