Music and Sexuality in Britten: Selected Essays
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| Rating | : | 4.98 (792 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520246101 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 295 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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--Keith E. Clifton"Opera Journal" (03/01/2008)Brett has allowed us to consider Britten s stage works in fresh and innovative ways. Clifton"Opera Journal" (03/01/2008)" . "Brett has allowed us to consider Britten's stage works in fresh and innovative ways."--Keith E
With some of the essays appearing here for the first time, this volume develops a complex understanding of Britten’s musical achievement and highlights the many ways that Brett expanded the borders of his field.. This volume is the first to gather in one collection Brett’s searching and provocative work on the great British composer. Some of the early essays opened the door to gay studies in music, while the discussions that Brett initiated reinvigorated the study of Britten’s work and inspired a generation of scholars to imagine the new musicology.” Addressing urgent questions of how an artist’s sexual, cultural, and personal identity feeds into specific musical texts,