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010 a| 92025834;

020 a| 0521383285 (hardback);

020 a| 0521387507 (pbk.);

035 a| (Sirsi) o26254952;

035 a| (OCoLC)26254952;

049 a| EREM;

050 00 a| ML410.B853b| C7 1993;

082 00 a| 782.12| 20;

100 1 a| Cooke, Mervyn.=| ^A319560;

245 10 a| Benjamin Britten, Billy Budd /c| Mervyn Cooke and Philip Reed.;

260 a| Cambridge [England] ;a| New York :b| Cambridge University Press,c| 1993.;

300 a| xii, 180 pages :b| illustrations, portraits, music, facsimiles ;c| 23 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

490 1 a| Cambridge opera handbooks;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-176) and index.;

520 a| Billy Budd, based on Herman Melville's nautical allegory, is one of Britten's most challenging operas. This comprehensive guide considers the work from both literary and musical viewpoints. Melville's novella is discussed, as is the interpretation given to the novella by the librettists E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier. A detailed synopsis guides the reader through the musical and dramatic action of the opera and, in a chapter devoted to the music, Britten's distinctive technique of tonal symbolism is analysed to demonstrate the effectiveness of his musical response to the dramatic suggestions of Melville's story. The most important critical writings on Billy Budd are represented by an expanded version of the author's 1979 notebook on the opera. A final chapter charts the opera's stage history and fluctuating critical reception.;

600 10 a| Britten, Benjamin,d| 1913-1976.t| Billy Budd.=| ^A494803;

700 1 a| Reed, Philip,d| 1959-=| ^A224186;

740 0 a| Billy Budd.;

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

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Benjamin Britten, Billy Budd / Mervyn Cooke and Philip Reed.

Author/creator	Cooke, Mervyn
Other author	Reed, Philip, 1959-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1993.
Description	xii, 180 pages : illustrations, portraits, music, facsimiles ; 23 cm
Subjects	Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Billy Budd.

Series	Cambridge opera handbooks Cambridge opera handbooks. ^A127792
Contents	Synopsis / Mervyn Cooke -- Herman Melville's Billy Budd / Mervyn Cooke -- Britten's Billy Budd: Melville as opera libretto / Mervyn Cooke -- From first thoughts to first night: a Billy Budd chronology / Philip Reed -- The 1960 revisions: a two-act Billy Budd / Philip Reed -- Britten's 'prophetic song': tonal symbolism in Billy Budd / Mervyn Cooke -- A Billy Budd notebook (1979-1991) / Donald Mitchell -- Stage history and critical reception / Mervyn Cooke -- Appendix 1. Productions of Billy Budd / Mervyn Cooke -- Appendix 2. Billy Budd on television / Philip Reed.
Abstract	Billy Budd, based on Herman Melville's nautical allegory, is one of Britten's most challenging operas. This comprehensive guide considers the work from both literary and musical viewpoints. Melville's novella is discussed, as is the interpretation given to the novella by the librettists E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier. A detailed synopsis guides the reader through the musical and dramatic action of the opera and, in a chapter devoted to the music, Britten's distinctive technique of tonal symbolism is analysed to demonstrate the effectiveness of his musical response to the dramatic suggestions of Melville's story. The most important critical writings on Billy Budd are represented by an expanded version of the author's 1979 notebook on the opera. A final chapter charts the opera's stage history and fluctuating critical reception.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-176) and index.
Other title	Billy Budd.
LCCN	92025834
ISBN	0521383285 (hardback)
ISBN	0521387507 (pbk.)

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