Britten and the Far East by Cooke, Mervyn ISBN 0851158307
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An investigation into the influence of Eastern music on Britten's composition.
Investigation into the influence of Eastern music on Britten's composition. Fascinating and persuasive blend of documentary and critical study. MUSICAL TIMES Benjamin Britten's strong interest in the musical traditions of the Far East had a far-reaching influence on the development of his compositional style. His visit to Indonesia and Japan in 1955-6 is reconstructed from archival sources, and shown to have had a profound impact on his subsequent work and compositional style. This book constitutes the first detailed investigation into the highly original cross-cultural synthesis he was able to achieve through the use of material borrowed from Balinese, Japanese and Indian music. Throughout, Mervyn Cooke demonstrates that Britten's compositional style was well suited to the admixture of oriental elements, displaying from a very early stage comparable technical preoccupations. The volume concludes with a survey of the fluctuating critical responses to Britten's cross-cultural experiments.
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Britten and the Far East
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Cooke, Mervyn
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0851158307
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03/05/2001
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