Britten, voice, & piano : lectures on the vocal music of Benjamin Britten / by Graham Johnson ; [edited by George Odam]

Johnson, Graham (1950-)

2003, 1st edition. Aldershot : Ashgate. Signed by previous owner. Very good paperback copy, including two CDs; cover slightly creased and dulled as with age. Bright and clean internally. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #442717
ISBN: 0754638723

Physical description: 270 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm + 2 audio discs (digital ; 4 3/4 in.). Contents: Young Britten 1913-35 -- Britten abroad: Italy, Poland, France and Germany -- British folksong settings -- Miscellany of folksongs -- Britten the Elizabethan, Britten and the Baroque -- Beginnings (Auden) and ends (Eliot) -- Britten and Russia -- Britten and the English Landscape.
CD contents : CD 1. Poison tree : first version -- From Tit for tat : Song of enchantment -- From Friday afternoons : New Year carol ; I mun be married on Sunday -- Lift-boy -- From Seven sonnets of Michelangelo : Si come nella panna ; Veggio co'bei ; Tu sa' ch'io so ; Rendete a gli occhi miei ; Spirto ben nato -- Introduction and rondo alla burlesca -- From Folksong arrangements, vol. 1 : Bonny Earl o'Moray ; O can ye sew cushions? Oliver Cromwell -- From Folksong arrangements, vol. 3 : Miller of Dee -- From Folksong arrangements, vol. 5 : Ca' the yowes ; Lincolnshire poacher -- From Moore's Irish melodies : How sweet the answer ; Last rose of summer -- From Folksongs with guitar : Sailor-boy ; Soldier and the sailor ; Shooting of his dear -- From Folksongs, posthumously published : Tom Bowling ; Soldier, won't you marry me?
CD contents : CD 2. From Lachrymae : reflections on a song of John Dowland : Lento ; Allegretto molto comodo ; Animato ; Tranquillo -- From Cantle I, My beloved is mine : He is my altar -- From The holy sonnets of John Donne : Oh my blacke soule ; Batter my heart ; O might those sighes and teares -- From On this island : As it is, plenty -- To lie flat on the back -- When you're feeling like expressing your affection -- Canticle IV, The journeyof the Magi -- Underneath the abject willow -- From Cabaret songs : Calypso -- Third suite for cello -- From Canticle III, Still falls the rain : At the feet of the hunted hard -- From Winter words : Little old table -- From Canticle II, Abraham and Isaac : Abraham, I must thee kill! Subject: Britten, Benjamin 1913-1976. Vocal music. Vocal music England 20th century Analysis, appreciation. Composers England ; Biography.

Price: €100.00