Britten's Gloriana : essays and sources
by Banks, Paul (1951-) (ed.)
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- ISBN 10
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- ISBN 13
- 9780851153407
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Woodbridge, UK ; Rochester, N.Y. : Boydell Press ; Britten-Pears Library, 1993. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series: Aldeburgh studies in music, v. 1. Physical description: xi, 193 pages : music ; 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-181) and index. Contents: ""Happy were he"": Benjamin Britten and the Gloriana story / Robert Hewison -- The creative evolution of Gloriana / Philip Reed -- Britten's major set-back? Aspects of the first critical response to Gloriana / Antonia Malloy -- The paradox of Gloriana: simple and difficult / Donald Mitchell -- The number principle and dramatic momentum in Gloriana / Peter Evans -- Gloriana: a list of sources / Paul Banks and Rosamund Strode -- Gloriana: a bibliography / Antonia Malloy. Subjects: Britten, Benjamin 1913-1976. Gloriana; peras. Gloriana, op53; Criticism and interpretation; Sources; Opera England 20th century; Congresses; Music.
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- Title
- Britten's Gloriana : essays and sources
- Author
- Banks, Paul (1951-) (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- ISBN 10
- 0851153402
- ISBN 13
- 9780851153407
- Publisher
- Woodbridge, UK ; Rochester, N.Y. : Boydell Press ; Britten-Pears Library
- Place of Publication
- England
- Date Published
- 1993
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