Summaries have been kept brief, or dispensed with altogether, so that many references can be included in the limited space available. It is intended for use with the list of Works and Performances: for articles concerning a particular work, consult the "SEE" listings in each entry. Arrangement is by date of re\iew from Gramophone with relevant citations supplied.Ī Bibliography, arranged alphabetically by author, then by title oi' the article, which contains articles, books, dissertations and reviews. All works with references in the Bibliography are then followed by the relevant bibliography citation numbers.Ī select Discography containing details of recordings of Britten's compositions on compact disc. Details of derived works and arrangements follow the original work. A fulllength biography was written by Humphrey Carpenter in 1992, and the "official" biography by Donald Mitchell, who was chosen by the composer as his biographer, is still to come.Ī list of Works and Performances, arranged by genre and then alphabetically by title, with a description of each work and information on publication and first performance(s). This volume is arranged in the following manner: 1)Ī brief Biography of Benjamin Britten which is intended to give a broad outline of the composer's life. No claim is made to comprehensiveness: even unannotated citation of all the reviews, interviews and articles on Benjamin Britten would produce too long a volume. In keeping with the intent of this series, this book is intended as a guide to resources for those wishing to do further research. He is therefore a most appropriate subject for the Greenwood Press bio-bibliography series. Preface Benjamin Britten was the greatest English composer of his time whose music ranged across a wide spectrum of forms from opera and ballet through orchestral and chamber music to film and incidental music. Operas Ballets Orchestral Works Chamber and Solo Instrumental Music Choral Music Songs Church Parables Film Music Incidental Music Arrangements, Editions and Realizations of Works by Other Composers 10ĭedicated to the memory of Eric and Florence Hampshire The paper used in this book complies with the Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984).
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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2001033587 ISBN: 1-X ISSN: 0742-6968 First published in 2002 Greenwood Press. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher. ML134.B 780'.92-dc21 2001033587 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available. Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976-Discography. Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976-Bibliography. 87) Includes bibliographical references (p. cm.-(Bio-bibliographies in music, ISSN 0742-69G8 no. Benjamin Britten : abio-bibliography / Stewart R. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Craggs, Stewart R. Craggsīio-Bibliographies in Music, Number 87 Donald L. Used by kind permission of Lady Freda Berkeley.īenjamin Britten A Bio-Bibliography Stewart R. Benjamin Britten (left) with Lennox Berkeley, 1960.