Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction: Britten's musical language
- 2 Peter Grimes: the force of operatic utterance
- 3 Motive and narrative in Billy Budd
- 4 The Turn of the Screw: innocent performance
- 5 Rituals: the War Requiem and Curlew River
- 6 Subjectivity and perception in Death in Venice
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction: Britten's musical language
- 2 Peter Grimes: the force of operatic utterance
- 3 Motive and narrative in Billy Budd
- 4 The Turn of the Screw: innocent performance
- 5 Rituals: the War Requiem and Curlew River
- 6 Subjectivity and perception in Death in Venice
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
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- Britten's Musical Language , pp. i - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2002