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  • Benjamin Britten in Context

    Modifié par Vicki P Stroeher, Justin Vickers ...
    Collections series Composers in Context
    Benjamin Britten, pianist, conductor, educator, composer of a wide range of music from large-scale operas and choral works to string quartets and songs, is acknowledged as a pivotal figure in mid-twentieth-century Britain. This volume explores the contexts for his multi-faceted career and his engagement with his contemporaries in music, art, literature, and film, British musical institutions, ... En savoir plus

    $31.99 CAD

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  • A Singer's Notebook

    par Ian Bostridge ...
    Ian Bostridge is one of the outstanding singers of our time, celebrated for the quality of his voice but also for the exceptional intelligence he brings to bear on the interpretation of the repertoire of the past and present alike. Yet his early career was that of a professional historian, and A Singer's Notebook takes a look at the multifaceted world of classical music through the eyes of someone ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD

  • Benjamin Britten

    A Life in the Twentieth Century

    par Paul Kildea ...
    Published to mark the beginning of the Britten centenary year in 2013, Paul Kildea's Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century is the definitive biography of Britain's greatest modern composer.In the eyes of many, Benjamin Britten was our finest composer since Purcell (a figure who often inspired him) three hundred years earlier. He broke decisively with the romantic, nationalist school of ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD

  • Music: Ideas in Profile

    par Andrew Gant ...
    Collections series Ideas in Profile - small books, big ideas
    Ideas in Profile SeriesIs music a science or an art? It's both, as Andrew Gant reveals in this lively and accessible account of what music is and what it's for. Music has been central to life since the dawn of humankind and is intimately bound up with the origins of language.Andrew Gant introduces us to its long history and its many genres and manifestations. He explains how composers compose, ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD

  • Letters from a Life Vol 1: 1923-39

    Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten

    par Benjamin Britten ...
    Volume One of these remarkable letters and diaries opens with a letter from Britten aged nine to his formidable mother, Edith. Music is already at the centre of his life, and it accompanies him through prep and public school and then to London to the Royal College of Music, where the phenomenally gifted but inexperienced young composer is plunged into metropolitan life and makes influential new ... En savoir plus

    $18.99 CAD

  • The Power of Robert Simpson

    A Biography

    par Donald Macauley ...
    Robert Simpson (1921-1997) is widely regarded as the most important British composer in the generation following Benjamin Britten. He wrote 11 symphonies, 15 string quartets, much other chamber music and works for brass band. He also wrote definitive studies of Bruckner and Nielsen. A committed socialist and pacifist, Simpson worked as a volunteer on a mobile surgical unit during the London blitz. ... En savoir plus

    $8.99 CAD

  • The Art of Re-enchantment

    Making Early Music in the Modern Age

    par Nick Wilson ...
    In the late 1960s, a new movement emerged championing historically informed 'authentic' approaches to performance. Heard today in concert halls across the world and in a library's worth of recordings, it has completely transformed the way in which we listen to 'old' music, while revolutionizing the classical music profession in the process. Yet the rise of Early Music has been anything but ... En savoir plus

    $41.99 CAD

  • Essential Britten

    A Pocket Guide for the Britten Centenary

    par John Bridcut ...
    John Bridcut, author of the acclaimed 'Britten's Children', has included significant fresh material which will make the book indispensable for Britten aficionados as well as for those who are discovering the composer's music for the first time. This guide is all about finding a way into Britten's music.An outline of planned chapters:- The Top Ten Britten pieces- Critics' First Impressions- Britten ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • A Scots Song

    A Life of Music

    par James Macmillan ...
    The celebrated composer shares the story of his musical development and discusses the inspiration he finds in spirituality and his Scottish roots.Sir James MacMillan first burst into prominence in 1990 with the premiere of his composition The Confessions of Isobel Gowdie, about a 17th century Scottish woman who confessed to withccraft. A steady stream of works followed, many of which combined ... En savoir plus

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  • The Cambridge Companion to the Clarinet

    Modifié par Colin Lawson ...
    Collections series Cambridge Companions to Music
    The Cambridge Companion to the Clarinet is a practical guide to the world of the clarinet. It offers students and performers a composite survey of the history and repertoire of the instrument from its origins to the present day, as well as practical guidance on teaching and performing. Special focus is made on the various members of the extensive clarinet family and specialist chapters provide ... En savoir plus

    $31.99 CAD

  • Letters from a Life Vol 2: 1939-45

    Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten

    par Benjamin Britten ...
    In May 1939 Britten and Pears disembarked at Montreal at the start of their American visit, which was to be a period of intense musical activity and new personal relationships. At the same time, the relationship between Britten and Pears deepened into a partnership that was to endure for almost forty years.Their absence from England during the first years of the war led to sharp public comment and ... En savoir plus

    $18.99 CAD

  • Britten's Century

    Celebrating 100 Years of Britten

    Modifié par Mark Bostridge ...
    2013 marks the centenary of the birth of Benjamin Britten. Here is an outstanding collection of essays to mark the event.Britten's Century considers various aspects of Britten's life and work. The book is written by biographers, performers and music critics. Here is a wealth of subject matter - Britten's operatic output, his orchestral works, his contribution to the revival of English song ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD