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100 1 a| Kildea, Paul Francis.=| ^A531716;

245 10 a| Selling Britten :b| music and the marketplace /c| Paul Francis Kildea.;

260 a| Oxford ;a| New York :b| Oxford University Press,c| 2002.;

300 a| xiii, 251 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-238) and indexes.;

520 a| This book explores the effect of commercial and national institutions on the music of one of the foremost British composers of the twentieth century, Benjamin Britten. Radio, the recording industry, government subsidies for the arts, Covent Garden, the post-war establishment of music festivals, were all agents for dramatic changes in the art-music culture which Britten skillfully used to his advantage.;

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Selling Britten : music and the marketplace / Paul Francis Kildea.

Author/creator	Kildea, Paul Francis
Format	Book
Publication Info	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Description	xiii, 251 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects	Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Mass media and music--Great Britain. --20th century. Music trade--Great Britain. --History. --20th century. Music--Social aspects. --Great Britain. --History. --20th century. Opera--Great Britain. --20th century.

Contents	Carrying music to the masses. Dots on paper ; The economics of genre: performance ; The economics of genre: publishing ; The economics of genre: performing right ; An incidental market? ; Selling Britten -- Britten and the BBC. Policy, genre, and broadcasting in the 1930s ; Creating and losing an audience ; Rehabilitation -- The Impresario and the English opera group. The Glyndebourne English Opera Company ; Albert Herring and the New English Opera Group ; Begging for opera ; Making an opera ; The Festival of Britain ; The Sorry Tale of Mr. Tod ; The Turn of the Screw -- The Arts Council's pursuit of 'Grand Opera'. A budget for music ; A further budget for music ; Billy Budd and Grand Opera ; A coronation opera tA case for grand opera -- Aldeburgh's court composer. Britain's festival culture ; House of straw: artists, money, and the floundering fifties (1948-1958) ; House of brick: towards snape maltings (1959-1968) ; Britten as court composer -- Recording a reputation. Electric recording: 1925-1949 ; The long-playing record: 1950-1957 ; The stereophonic record: 1958-1976.
Abstract	This book explores the effect of commercial and national institutions on the music of one of the foremost British composers of the twentieth century, Benjamin Britten. Radio, the recording industry, government subsidies for the arts, Covent Garden, the post-war establishment of music festivals, were all agents for dramatic changes in the art-music culture which Britten skillfully used to his advantage.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-238) and indexes.
LCCN	2001058836
ISBN	0198167156 (hardback)

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