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Benjamin Britten - A Biography
“One of the best biographies of a musician that I have read - accurate, humane, moving” - Anthony Burgess “If there has been a better biography of a musician, I’ve yet to read it”…
Bohemian Fifths - An Autobiography
The German composer, Hans Werner Henze, presents an account of his life and of the creative process and performances of his music. The book documents his engagement with socialist politics following his…
Britten and Auden in the Thirties - The Year 1936
1936 was a critical year in the Britten/Auden relationship which reshaped and redefined artistic direction in the immediate pre-war period - New Edition - 19 b/w illustrations - 194 pages
Britten and the Far East - Asian influences in the Music of Benjamin Britten - includes CD - HARDBACK
This investigation into the influence of Eastern music on Britten’s compositions includes a CD - 279 pages
Diaries of Peter Pears 1936-78
Travel diaries reveal musical inspiration, personal memoirs, and notes on perfomance - 16 b/w illustrations - 272 pages
Kurt Weill on Stage from Berlin to Broadway
An account of Kurt Weill’s life in America from 1933, when he arrived from Nazi Germany, to his death in 1950, that concentrates on his Broadway shows and the people he worked with “Hirsch…
