Britten - War Requiem (Book)


The book examines from various viewpoints Britten's War Requiem, written in 1962 to celebrate the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral and uniting the famous anti-war poetry of Wilfred Owen with the Latin Requiem Mass. Britten's and Owen's pacifist beliefs are compared, and the chronology of the compositional process unraveled from documentary and manuscript sources. The musical language is analyzed in detail, and the fluctuating critical responses to the score are assessed.

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The book examines from various viewpoints Britten's War Requiem, written in 1962 to celebrate the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral and uniting the famous anti-war poetry of Wilfred Owen with the Latin Requiem Mass. Britten's and Owen's pacifist beliefs are compared, and the chronology of the compositional process unraveled from documentary and manuscript sources. The musical language is analyzed in detail, and the fluctuating critical responses to the score are assessed.

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General

Imprint

Cambridge UniversityPress

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Release date

November 1996

Availability

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

First published

1996

Authors

Dimensions

142 x 216 x 9mm (L x W x T)

Format

Book

Pages

128

ISBN-13

978-0-521-44633-4

Barcode

9780521446334

Categories

LSN

0-521-44633-3



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