Boydell press britten pears library suffolk (2 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 4to, xviii + 252pp. Includes color facsimiles of musical scores. Softcover, in very good condition. Tight binding and crisp, clean, interior. No markings or signs of prior ownership. Slight shelf-wear or rubbing to extremities; corners lightly bumped, otherwise like new.…

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; slightly dust-dulled and edge-bumped. Remains of old stickers to rear cover. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xvii, 355 pages : illustrations, portraits, music ; 24 cm. Notes; Published in conjunction with the Britten-Pears Library, Aldeburgh. Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-330) and index. Contents; Donald Mitchell: A Chronology -- Foreword / Marion Thorpe -- 1. Mahler and Viennese Modernism / Paul Banks -- 2. Gustav Mahlers Sprache / Herta Blaukopf -- 3. Mahler and the BBC / Asa Briggs -- 4. Gustav Mahler: Memories and Translations / Peter Franklin -- 5. Mahler and the New York Philharmonic: The Truth Behind the Legend / Henry-Louis De La Grange -- 6. Mahler on Stamps / Gilbert Kaplan -- 7. Mahler and Self-Renewal / Colin Matthews -- 8. In Search of Mahler's Childhood / David Matthews -- 9. Vestdijk on Mahler, 1924-69: A Symphony in Words / Eveline Nikkels -- 10. A New Transition: Some Pages from the Third Movement of Mahler's Ninth Symphony / Edward R. Reilly -- 11. The Song of the Earth: Some Personal Thoughts / Peter Sculthorpe -- 12. Mahler the Factual / Erwin Stein -- 13. Mahler and Pfitzner: A Parallel Development / John Williamson -- 14. From No to Nebuchadnezzar / Mervyn Cooke -- 15. Britten and His Fellow Composers: Six Footnotes for a Seventieth Birthday / David Drew -- 16. Donald Mitchell as Publisher: A Personal Recollection / Peter Du Sautoy -- 17. The Key to the Parade / Oliver Knussen -- 18. Notes on a Theme from Peter Grimes / Ludmila Kovnatskaya -- 19. The Making of Auden's Hymn for St Cecilia's Day / Edward Mendelson -- 20. Edinburgh Diary 1968 / Kathleen Mitchell -- 21. Towards a Genealogy of Death in Venice / Christopher Palmer -- 22. Venice, 1954 / Myfanwy Piper -- 23. On the Sketches for Billy Budd / Philip Reed -- 24. 'Abraham and Isaac' Revisited: Reflections on a Theme and Its Inversion / Eric Roseberry -- 25. Not All the Way to the Tigers: Britten's Death in Venice / Edward W. Said -- 26. A (Far Eastern) Note on Paul Bunyan / Somsak Ketukaenchan -- 27. Writing and Copying: A Superficial Survey of Benjamin Britten's Music / Rosamund Strode -- 28. Along the Knife-Edge: The Topic of Transcendence in Britten's Musical Aesthetic / Arnold Whittall -- A Bibliography of Donald Mitchell's Writings, 1945-1995 / Maureen Buja -- Index / Jill Burrows. Subjects; Mahler, Gustav 1860-1911. Britten, Benjamin 1913-1976. Music 19th century History and criticism. Music 20th century History and criticism. Composers Germany. Composers Great Britain. 1 Kg. …