Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century

ISBN-13: 9781846142338 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 688 str.

Paul Kildea

Opis

Paul Kildea's biography provides a definitive account of Benjamin Britten's extraordinary life and explores his deeply held and controversial pacifism; his complex 40-year relationship with Peter Pears; and his creation of an artistic community in Aldeburgh.

Recenzje

Indispensable ... This is a masterly, highly readable account and the most comprehensive to date of the life and work of one of the 20th century's great musical figures Barry Millington Evening Standard

O autorze

Paul Kildea holds an honours degree in piano performance and a masters degree in musicology from The University of Melbourne - where he is now an Honorary Principal Fellow and where in 2016 he was Miegunyah Distinguished Visiting Fellow - and a doctorate from Oxford University. His books include Selling Britten and Britten on Music. In January 2013 Penguin published Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century to enormous critical acclaim; it is now widely recognized as the best book on its subject, the Financial Times calling it 'unquestionably the music book of the year.' In June 2018 Penguin published Chopin's Piano: A Journey Through Romanticism, which is currently being developed as a feature film. In October 2019 he succeeded Carl Vine as Artistic Director of Musica Viva, Australia.