Britten and the Far East

, by Cooke, Mervyn

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ISBN: 9780851158303 | 0851158307
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 5/1/2001

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Investigation into the influence of Eastern music on Britten's composition.

Mervyn Cooke is Professor of Music at the University of Nottingham

List of illustrations

viii

List of musical examples on compact disc

Acknowledgements

Glossary of Indonesian and Japanese terms

xiii

Making Tonic and Dominant Seem like Ghosts

(22)

Britten and Colin McPhee

(27)

Bali

(40)

The Prince of the Pagodas

(22)

Japan

112

(18)

From No to Church Parable: the Evolution of Curlew River, 1956--64

130

(60)

The No Theatre

130

(7)

Sumidagawa and the Curlew River libretto

137

(16)

Curlew River and the dramatic style of No

153

(7)

Curlew River and European mediaeval drama

160

(5)

The musical style of Curlew River: No and Gagaku

165

(25)

The Later Church Parables

190

(30)

The Burning Fiery Furnace

190

(15)

The Prodigal Son

205

(15)

Stylistic Synthesis: Death in Venice

220

(25)

The Composer and his Critics

245

(14)

Bibliography

259

(13)

Index

272

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Britten and the Far East

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