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245 00 a| Benjamin Britten :b| Death in Venice /c| compiled and edited by Donald Mitchell.;

260 a| Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ;a| New York :b| Cambridge University Press,c| 1987.;

300 a| xvi, 229 pages :b| illustrations, portraits, music, facsimiles ;c| 23 cm.;

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337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

490 1 a| Cambridge opera handbooks;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-221), discography (page 222), and index.;

520 a| This book is exceptional amongst those that have appeared so far in this well-established series, in that it is largely written by those who worked with the composer and assisted him during the period in which the opera was composed and first put on the stage. It will thus remain a source of first-hand information on Britten's final operatic achievement. The editor was Britten's publisher at the time of Death in Venice and his Introduction includes many personal observations on the genesis of the work. The latter part of the book contains essays by T. J. Reed and Patrick Carnegy on the libretto's source in Thomas Mann's novella and Philip Reed compares briefly Visconti's cinematic interpretation of the novella. The volume is richly illustrated with music examples, sketches and extracts from the autograph score, and pictures from the first production. It will make an essential reference work and indispensable companion for opera-goers, students and scholars alike.;

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700 1 a| Mitchell, Donald,d| 1925-2017e| editor.=| ^A22100;

830 0 a| Cambridge opera handbooks.=| ^A127792;

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Benjamin Britten : Death in Venice / compiled and edited by Donald Mitchell.

Other author	Mitchell, Donald, 1925-2017 editor.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987.
Description	xvi, 229 pages : illustrations, portraits, music, facsimiles ; 23 cm.
Subjects	Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Death in Venice. Operas--Analysis, appreciation.

Series	Cambridge opera handbooks Cambridge opera handbooks. ^A127792
Contents	An introduction in the shape of a memoir / Donald Mitchell -- A Death in Venice chronicle / Rosamund Strode -- The libretto / Myfanwy Piper -- The Venice sketchbook / Colin Matthews -- The first production / Colin Graham -- Synopsis: the story, the music not excluded / Peter Evans -- Tonal ambiguity in Death in Venice: a symphonic view / Eric Roseberry -- Twelve-note structures and tonal polarity / John Evans -- Britten and the gamelan: Balinese influences in Death in Venice / Mervyn Cooke -- Britten's Venice opera / Christopher Palmer.
Abstract	This book is exceptional amongst those that have appeared so far in this well-established series, in that it is largely written by those who worked with the composer and assisted him during the period in which the opera was composed and first put on the stage. It will thus remain a source of first-hand information on Britten's final operatic achievement. The editor was Britten's publisher at the time of Death in Venice and his Introduction includes many personal observations on the genesis of the work. The latter part of the book contains essays by T. J. Reed and Patrick Carnegy on the libretto's source in Thomas Mann's novella and Philip Reed compares briefly Visconti's cinematic interpretation of the novella. The volume is richly illustrated with music examples, sketches and extracts from the autograph score, and pictures from the first production. It will make an essential reference work and indispensable companion for opera-goers, students and scholars alike.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-221), discography (page 222), and index.
LCCN	86023231
ISBN	0521265347
ISBN	0521319439 (pbk.)

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