Britten's Musical Language : Music in the Twentieth Century - Philip Rupprecht

Britten's Musical Language

By: Philip Rupprecht, Arnold Whittall (Editor)

Paperback | 23 November 2006

At a Glance

Paperback


$72.67

or 4 interest-free payments of $18.17 with

 or 

Aims to ship in 7 to 10 business days

Blending insights from linguistic and social theories of speech, ritual and narrative with music-analytic and historical criticism, Britten's Musical Language offers interesting perspectives on the composer's fusion of verbal and musical utterance in opera and song. It provides close interpretative studies of the major scores (including Peter Grimes, Billy Budd, The Turn of the Screw, War Requiem, Curlew River and Death in Venice) and explores Britten's ability to fashion complex and mysterious symbolic dramas from the interplay of texted song and a wordless discourse of motives and themes. Focusing on the performative and social basis of language, Philip Rupprecht replaces traditional notions of textual 'expression' in opera with the interpretation of topics such as the role of naming and hate speech in Peter Grimes; the disturbance of ritual certainty in the War Requiem; and the codes by which childish 'innocence' is enacted in The Turn of the Screw.
Industry Reviews
'Once one has opened the tough shell of the author's language there are pearls within.' International Record Review 'An important contribution to Britten scholarship.' Musical Times '... clearly defined studies of aspects of one or two works ... rich and fascinating cultural and aesthetic interpretations ... in terms of the weight of existing scholarship and the interpretative challenges surrounding these subjects, their achievements seem more remarkable for the high standards they have now set.' Journal of the Royal Musical Association

More in Music

Cher : The Memoir, Part One - Cher

RRP $49.99

$35.95

28%
OFF
Taylor Swift : A New Era - Katy Sprinkel

RRP $29.99

$28.50

The Voice Inside - John Farnham

RRP $49.99

$34.95

30%
OFF
How to Disappear - Colin Greenwood

RRP $55.00

$39.90

27%
OFF
Heartbreak Is The National Anthem - Rob Sheffield

RRP $29.99

$27.90

Tina Turner : My Love Story (Official Autobiography) - Tina Turner
Playtime Piano Disney - Level 1 : Level 1 - Hal Leonard Corp

RRP $20.95

$13.75

34%
OFF
How to Make Gravy - Paul Kelly

RRP $24.99

$23.75

From Crook to Cook : Platinum Recipes from tha Boss Dogg's Kitchen - Snoop Dogg
The Artist's Way : A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity - Julia Cameron
The Storyteller : Tales of Life and Music - Dave Grohl
Kid A Mnesia : A Book of Radiohead Artwork - Thom Yorke

RRP $65.00

$48.75

25%
OFF
F*ck, That's Delicious : An Annotated Guide to Eating Well - Action Bronson
My First Piano Adventure Lesson Book B

RRP $22.95

$18.75

18%
OFF
Alfred's Basic Adult All in One Course 1 : Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course - Willard A Palmer
Taylor Swift Style : Fashion Through the Eras - Sarah Chapelle

RRP $49.99

$38.75

22%
OFF
Behind the Seams : My Life in Rhinestones - Dolly Parton

RRP $85.00

$56.25

34%
OFF