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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"Britten"”.
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Folk Influences of Aaron Copland and Britten
… 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, rebirth, of …
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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
… 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 over a …
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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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The organisation of composer archives with special reference to the Britten-Pears Library, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England
… reference is made to particular items in the Britten-Pears Library, Aldeburgh. Chapter three discusses techniques and problems of research on the materials described in chapter two. Examples from Britten autographs are provided (with reproductions). In chapter four, reference is made to a …
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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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Master thesis recital (voice)
Albert Herring / Benjamin Britten
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Doctoral thesis recital (cello)
… cello and piano in C major, op. 65 / Benjamin Britten.
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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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"""The ineffable moments will be harder won"": the genesis, compositional process, and early performance history of Michael Tippett's The Heart's Assurance"
… 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 dedication …
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A Performer's Analysis of Maurice Ravel's Chansons madécasses: A Lecture Recital, Together with Three Recitals of Selected Works of B. Britten, R. Schumann, S. Barber, T. Pasatieri, F. Poulenc, G. Verdi, T. Arne, and Others
In his song cycle, Chansons madécasses (1926), a chamber work for voice, piano, flute, and cello, Maurice Ravel combines twentieth-century musical experimentation and exoticism with the late nineteenth-century style characteristics present in the vocal elements and instrumentation. Because early …
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The sacred choral music of Alberto Ginastera
… 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 the sacred …
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Pianism Reimagined: an analytical inquiry of left-hand piano through the career and commissions of Paul Wittgenstein
… of this period, including Ravel, Prokofiev, Britten, Korngold, Schmidt and Richard Strauss. Despite Wittgenstein’s unalloyed espousal of conservative music, he often chose progressive composers to promulgate his career; an enigmatic decision which remains unsolved. Wittgenstein’s disability …
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The Voice of Children in Art Song: A Study of Six Cycles Involving a Child's Perspective
… 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 the poets …
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A study of a selection of Benjamin Britten's vocal music for mezzo-soprano
… 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 investigation …
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