Paul Kildea

Broschiertes Buch

Benjamin Britten

A Life in the Twentieth Century

Beschreibung

Presents an account of Britten's life, exploring his deeply held and controversial pacifism; his complex forty-year relationship with Peter Pears; and his creation of an artistic community in Aldeburgh. This book helps us understand the relationship of Britten's music to his life, and takes us as far into its alchemy as we are ever likely to go.

Autor

Paul Kildea holds an honours degree in piano performance and a masters degree in musicology from The University of Melbourne - where he is now an Honorary Principal Fellow and where in 2016 he was Miegunyah Distinguished Visiting Fellow - and a doctorate from Oxford University. His books include Selling Britten and Britten on Music. In January 2013 Penguin published Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century to enormous critical acclaim; it is now widely recognized as the best book on its subject, the Financial Times calling it 'unquestionably the music book of the year.' In June 2018 Penguin published Chopin's Piano: A Journey Through Romanticism, which is currently being developed as a feature film. In October 2019 he succeeded Carl Vine as Artistic Director of Musica Viva, Australia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books UK
• Seitenzahl: 720
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 126mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 516g
• ISBN-13: 9781846142338
• ISBN-10: 1846142334
• Artikelnr.: 39632773

Rezensionen

Indispensable ... This is a masterly, highly readable account and the most comprehensive to date of the life and work of one of the 20th century's great musical figures Barry Millington Evening Standard