| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 367 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Aldeburgh Studies in Music, 0969-3548 ; volume 11 |
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Aldeburgh studies in music ; v. 11. 0969-3548
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| Contents |
Frontcover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Note on Transliteration and Sources; 1 Earliest and Lifelong Russophilia; 2 Britten and Shostakovich, 1934-63; 3 Britten and Prokofiev; 4 Britten and Stravinsky; 5 Hospitality and Politics; 6 Pushkin and Performance; 7 Britten and Shostakovich Again: Dialogues of War and Death, 1963-76; Conclusion; Appendices; 1 Letter from Lord Armstrong of Ilminster; 2 Interview with Alan Brooke Turner; 3 Interview with Keith Grant; 4 Interview with Lord Harewood; 5 Interview with Victor Hochhauser |
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6 Interview with Lilian Hochhauser7 Letter from Sir Charles Mackerras; 8 Interview with Donald Mitchell; 9 Interview with Sir John Morgan; 10 Interview with Gennady Rozhdestvensky; 11 Interview with Irina Shostakovich; 12 Letter from Boris Tishchenko; 13 Interview with Oleg Vinogradov; 14 Interview with Galina Vishnevskaya; 15 Letters from Dmitri Smirnov and Elena Firsova; 16 Letter from Vladislav Chernushenko; 17 Britten's Volumes of Tchaikovsky's Complete Works; Bibliography and Sources; Index |
| Summary |
Explores Benjamin Britten's deeply-felt cultural affinity with Russia and influences on the 'Russian' Britten |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-350), discography (pages 350-351) , filmography (page 351) , and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 -- Travel -- Soviet Union
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| SUBJECT |
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 fast |
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Britten, Benjamin 1913-1976 gnd |
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Composers -- Russia -- Influence
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Composers -- Soviet Union -- Influence
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Classical.
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MUSIC -- Reference.
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Travel
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Russia
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Soviet Union
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Russland
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Sowjetunion
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1782046313 |
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9781782046318 |
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