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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Benjamin Britten"”.
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Benjamin Britten: Text Setting as Cultural Custodian in Art Song
Proposing the thesis that, for Benjamin Britten, text-setting analysis is analogous to song analysis; this dissertation cautions that non-engagement in text-setting is to approach song as if it were instrumental music; likewise, to consider inadequately the wide-ranging musical implications of …
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Myth in the Early Collaborations of Benjamin Britten and William Plomer
… well-known collaborations of William Plomer and Benjamin Britten are the three church parables (or church operas) - Curlew River, The Burning Fiery Furnace, and The Prodigal Son - by the time of the completion of Curlew River in 1964, the librettist and composer had been working together for well …
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An Analytical Study of The Holy Sonnets of John Donne by Benjamin Britten
… used in the melody, rhythm and harmony Benjamin Britten used in setting The Holy Sonnets of John Donne. This study also shows the ways in which these techniques serve to bring out the full meaning of the text.
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Master thesis recital (voice)
Albert Herring / Benjamin Britten
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Doctoral thesis recital (cello)
… Sonata for cello and piano in C major, op. 65 / Benjamin Britten.
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The sacred choral music of Alberto Ginastera
… ""As with his (Ginastera's) contemporary Benjamin Britten, the human voice is perhaps Alberto Ginastera's greatest influence: the operas, the cantatas, the chamber music with voice and not least the choral writing."" Ginastera composed three choral works and, notably, all three appear in …
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"Compositional Design Elements and Stylistic Influences in Benjamin Britten's ""A Boy Was Born"
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) composed A Boy Was Born at the Royal College of Music during his third and final year of study, 1932-1933. This choral work is constructed as a theme and six variations, lasting approximately 30 minutes. The work has received little treatment in Britten scholarship. …
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The Voice of Children in Art Song: A Study of Six Cycles Involving a Child's Perspective
… Poulenc and <i>A Charm of Lullabies</i> by Benjamin Britten. This document uses these three modes of communication as an analytical lens through which to view the poetic and musical techniques used in creating a child’s world in song. The analysis searches for specific messages conveyed by …
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A study of a selection of Benjamin Britten's vocal music for mezzo-soprano
… study, which will investigate three works of Benjamin Britten for mezzosopranos, is envisaged as an aid to interpreters wishing to gain further insights into these works. The study focuses on three vocal works of varying genre: The Rape of Lucretia, A Charm of Lullabies, and Phaedra. The …
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A justification for the study of folk song settings, or the arrangement as a valid composition
… Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), and Benjamin Britten (1913-1976). These composers found vivid inspiration and a certain amount of success by setting folk songs as art music, but a survey of available scholarship centering on their works in most instances reveals only a superficial …
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‘A Balm for the Incurable Wound of the World’: Music and the Pictorial Mode in the Writing of E. M. Forster
Benjamin Britten opined in 1969 about twentieth century English literature that there ‘is no doubt that E. M. Forster is our most musical novelist’. Although Britten argues that Forster shows ‘a most sensitive reaction to music’, he notes (and disapproves of) Forster’s ‘curious tendency to mock at …
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A study of English-language sacred solo literature by selected twentieth-century composers
… Holst, Alec Rowley, Gerald Finzi, Michael Head, Benjamin Britten, and Edmund Rubbra. Church music composers are represented by five composers who have composed sacred solo literature primarily for the church soloist, but whose sacred songs are also appropriate for vocal study and recital …
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Prelude in Tempore Belli
… The works of composers such as Charles Ives, Benjamin Britten, Krzysztof Penderecki, Gyorgy Ligeti, Iannis Xenakis, Witold Lutoslawski, and John Adams served as the inspiration to inform the writing of <i>Prelude in Tempore Belli.</i> The piece takes its title from Joseph Haydn’s <i>Missa in …
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The later orchestral works of William Walton: a critical and analytical re-evaluation
… (1963), Improvisations on an Impromptu of Benjamin Britten (1969), and the film score for Battle of Britain (1969), has been particularly underrepresented in critical and analytical writing. In this thesis, I give detailed analyses of these scores, alongside an investigation of the …
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Folk Influences of Aaron Copland and Britten
… Williams, Roger Quilter, Aaron Copland and Benjamin Britten, assisted in creating new national identities in the world of classical music during the twentieth century, especially in the young United States and the long-established England. This was the birth, or in the case of England, …
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"""The ineffable moments will be harder won"": the genesis, compositional process, and early performance history of Michael Tippett's The Heart's Assurance"
… English vocal repertoire, overshadowed by Benjamin Britten’s cyclical works and those of other British composers. This cycle, which moved Tippett to tears into his nineties, was intended to eulogize the memory of one of his dearest friends, Francesca Allinson. Tippett later expanded the …
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