MUAR 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: List Of Compositions By Benjamin Britten, Pizzicato, Elizabethan Era
27 Nov 2015
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From mid. to late 20th century from britain, chiefly the small town aldeburgh. Specialized in opera, song, music for children, sacred choral music, english folksong arrangements: just about every genre but he considered opera his main genre. Learnt music at a young age and started composing at 5 years old. First job: film composer for leftist documentaries (e. g. , john grierson"s night mail in. 1935: it had a great influence on his later compositions, music really evokes the sound of the train, use of unconventional instruments in orchestration. Long-time personal and professional partnership with tenor peter pears: they were pacifists and spent much of wwii in america, returned in 1942, they were both lovers and complemented each other"s careers. Big break: peter grimes opera opened sadler"s wells opera house after wwii (pears premiered role of grimes: they started composing the music before they had decided on a librettist, reflected on and symbolized separation from society.
