Title:
Benjamin Britten, Peter Grimes / compiled by Philip Brett.
Author:
Brett, Philip.
Publication Information:
Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1983.
Call Number:
ML410.B853 B45 1983
Electronic Access:
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0808/82014627-t.htmlTable of contents http://www.gbv.de/dms/hbz/toc/ht002579081.pdf
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0808/82014627-d.html
ISBN:
9780521229166
9780521297165
Series:
Cambridge opera handbooks
Cambridge opera handbooks.
Physical Description:
xiii, 217 pages : illustrations, portraits, music, facsimiles ; 23 cm.
Contents:
Two essays on Crabbe / by E.M. Forster -- Montagu Slater (1902-1956) : who was he? / by Donald Mitchell -- 'Fiery visions' (and revisions) : Peter Grimes in progress / by Philip Brett -- Breaking the ice for British opera : Peter Grimes on stage / by Philip Brett -- Peter Grimes : the story, the music not excluded / by Hans Keller -- Act II scene 1 : and examination of the music / by David Matthews -- Criticism. Introduction / by Benjamin Britten ; Neither a hero nor a villain / by Peter Pears ; Peter Grimes : a review of the first performance / by Desmond Shawe-Taylor ; An account of Peter Grimes from 'London in midsummer' / by Edmund Wilson ; Music and motive in Peter Grimes / by J.W. Garbutt ; Plausible darkness : Peter Grimes after a quarter of a century / by Peter Garvie ; Britten and Grimes / by Philip Brett ; Postscript / by Philip Brett.
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