Selling Britten

Music and the Market Place

AvPaul Kildea,Wigmore Hall) Kildea, Paul (, Conductor; Music Editor for the Britten Estate Limited; Head of Music, Aldeburgh Productions; Artistic Director designate

Inbunden, Engelska, 2002

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Beskrivning

At the end of the nineteenth century Britain was a country without an opera culture, and in the concert halls the Austro-Germanic symphonic repertory reigned supreme. In the following fifty years the art-music culture changed dramatically. Radio, the gramophone and the recording industry, government arts subsidies, Covent Garden, and a post-war resurgence in national and civic pride which contributed to the spread of music festivals, were the agents of change. Born in 1913, Benjamin Britten was well placed to take advantage of these market forces, which he did consistently and skilfully from the 1930s onwards. His relationships with Boosey & Hawkes, Decca, Covent Garden, the Aldeburgh Festival, the English Opera Group, and the Arts Council, had a huge influence on the music he wrote. This book explores the effect of these commercial and national institutions on the music of one of the foremost British composers of the twentieth century.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2002-08-22
Mått:162 x 242 x 20 mm
Vikt:623 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:266
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780198167150

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Mer om författaren

Dr Kildea was and Undergraduate and Post-graduate student at the University of Melbourne, studying with Max Cooke (piano) and Malcolm Gillies (musicology). He was a recipient of a number of University prizes. Scholarships enabled him to study at Oxford with Cyril Ehrlich. He accepted positions with Opera Australia as its Young Artist Programme as conductor. Made his début with Janaçek's The Cunning Little Vixen. He combines his work for the Britten Estate and Aldeburgh Productions with a conducting career. He will conduct La Bohème in Melbourne this year.

Recensioner i media

Paul Kildea's Selling Britten offers a new approach to understanding the composer. It moves beyond musicological or even quasi-biographical analysis of the oeuvre to study the hard realities of markets and financial constraints.

Innehållsförteckning

List of Illustrations and Tables ; List of Abbreviations ; Preface ; Introduction ; 1. Carrying Music to the Masses ; 2. Britten and the BBC ; 3. The Impresario and the English Opera Group ; 4. The Arts Council's Pursuit of 'Grand Opera' ; 5. Aldeburgh's Court Composer ; 6. Recording a Reputation ; Bibliography ; Index