| Description |
xii, 180 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Cambridge opera handbooks |
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Cambridge opera handbooks.
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| Contents |
Herman Melville's Billy Budd ; Britten's Billy Budd : Melville as opera libretto / Mervyn Cooke -- From first thoughts to first night : a Billy Budd chronology ; The 1960 revisions : a two-act Billy Budd / Philip Reed -- Britten's 'prophetic song' : tonal symbolism in Billy Budd / Mervyn Cooke -- A Billy Budd notebook (1979-1991) / Donald Mitchell -- Stage history and critical reception |
| Analysis |
English operas |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-176) and index |
| Subject |
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Billy Budd.
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| Author |
Reed, Philip, 1959-
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| LC no. |
92025834 |
| ISBN |
0521383285 (hardback) |
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0521387507 (paperback) |
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