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Britten in Pictures
Lucy Walker
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Description for Britten in Pictures
Paperback. A photographic journey, including a selection of previously unpublished images, that reveal the man 'behind the scenes' at work and play. A new and often surprising portrait of this major musical genius. Editor(s): Brimmer, Jude; Clark, Nicholas. Num Pages: 288 pages, 400, 80 colour, 320 black and white. BIC Classification: AJCP; AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 253 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1256. 288 pages, 400, 80 colour, 320 black and white. Editor(s): Brimmer, Jude; Clark, Nicholas. A photographic journey, including a selection of previously unpublished images, that reveal the man 'behind the scenes' at work and play. A new and often surprising portrait of this major musical genius. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AJCP; AVGC6; AVH. Dimension: 252 x 253 x 20. Weight: 1238.
A photographic journey, including a selection of previously unpublished images, that reveal the man 'behind the scenes' at work and play. A new and often surprising portrait of this major musical genius. Benjamin Britten was one of the most important cultural figures in England in the twentieth century. Internationally renowned as a composer, performer, and founder of the Aldeburgh Festival and English Opera Group, he had a careerspanning nearly five decades, producing a series of works such as Peter Grimes and the War Requiem that caught the public imagination, and becoming a familiar figure to worldwide concert and TV ... Read more
A photographic journey, including a selection of previously unpublished images, that reveal the man 'behind the scenes' at work and play. A new and often surprising portrait of this major musical genius. Benjamin Britten was one of the most important cultural figures in England in the twentieth century. Internationally renowned as a composer, performer, and founder of the Aldeburgh Festival and English Opera Group, he had a careerspanning nearly five decades, producing a series of works such as Peter Grimes and the War Requiem that caught the public imagination, and becoming a familiar figure to worldwide concert and TV ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843837497
SKU
V9781843837497
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Ref
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About Lucy Walker
Lucy Walker is a freelance writer, researcher and public speaker on classical music, specialising in music of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Reviews for Britten in Pictures
It is a fascinating collection and one that keeps the reader utterly enthralled ... The final chapters are deeply powerful and intensely moving - I certainly had not managed to retain dry eyes by the end.
SPIRITED MAGAZINE, December 2013
Superbly laid out spreads of photographs from premieres of Britten's stage works ... Britten in Pictures is sure ... Read more
SPIRITED MAGAZINE, December 2013
Superbly laid out spreads of photographs from premieres of Britten's stage works ... Britten in Pictures is sure ... Read more