Review of Philip Rupprecht. 2001. Britten’s Musical Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

In this wonderful book Philip Rupprecht develops a new, unified theoretical approach to Britten’s dramatic vocal music. To that end, he assembles a chronological series of close readings of major works, some extremely well-known (Peter Grimes, Billy Budd, The Turn of the Screw, War Requiem), others...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lloyd Whitesell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Columbia University Libraries 2002-09-01
Series:Current Musicology
Online Access:https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/currentmusicology/article/view/4913