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Benjamin Britten and Russia

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Explores Benjamin Britten's deeply-felt cultural affinity with Russia and influences on the 'Russian' Britten.This book explores Benjamin Britten's creative relationship with Russia throughout his life by examining his engagement with Russian composers, musicians and writers in the context of twentieth-century politics. The remarkable relationship between Britten and Shostakovich is a central theme, but it also evaluates other key influences, particularly Britten's passion for Tchaikovsky, his more elusive fascination with Prokofiev, and his ambiguous attitude towards Stravinsky; and it places Britten's enduring friendships with Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya and Richter in the context of his musical output. The book also analyses Britten's responses to various Russian composers and musicians- why, for example, did he dislike Musorgsky? - and considers personal and political perceptions of Britten in the Soviet Union. Finally, it assesses the wider question of Russian influence on Britten's works and in turn whether Britten's music had any influence on the younger generation of Russian composers, such as Alfred Schnittke. This study draws on Foreign Office and British Council files at the National Archives, published and unpublished material from the former Soviet Union, including the Shostakovich Family Archive, and oral history, in addition to the Britten-related archives. Benjamin Britten and Russia will appeal not only to Britten scholars and students but also to those interested in twentieth-century culture, history and politics more widely.CAMERON PYKE is Deputy Master (External) at Dulwich College and part-time lecturer at the Centre of Russian Music, Goldsmiths, University of London.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2016-08-18
Mått156 x 234 x 29 mm
Vikt644 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieAldeburgh Studies in Music
Antal sidor383
FörlagBoydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN9781783271139

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Earliest and lifelong RussophiliaBritten and Shostakovich, 1934-63Britten and ProkofievBritten and StravinskyHospitality and politicsPushkin and performanceDialogues of war and Death, 1963-76Final assessmentAppendix I: Letter from Lord Armstrong of Ilminster, 16 May 2010Appendix II: Interview with Alan Brooke Turner CMG [1926-2013], London, 24 September 2009Appendix III: Interview with Keith Grant, London, 25 September 2009Appendix IV: Interview with George, Earl of Harewood [1923-2011], Harewood House, Leeds, 13 March 2009Appendix V: Interview with Lilian Hochhauser, London, 24 November 2011Appendix VI: Interview with Victor Hochhauser CBE, London, 4 November 2009Appendix VII: Letter from Sir Charles Mackerras CH [1925-2010], 26 January 2010Appendix VIII: Interview with Dr. Donald Mitchell CBE, London, 11 August 2008Appendix IX: Interview with Sir John Morgan KCMG [1929-2012], London, 16 March 2012Appendix X: Interview with Gennady Rozhdestvensky, 4 December 2014Appendix XI: Interview with Irina Antonovna Shostakovich, Shostakovich Centre, Paris, 31 March 2009Appendix XII: Letter from Boris Tishchenko [1939-2010], 21 May 2008Appendix XIII: Interview with Oleg Vinogradov, 8 September 2010Appendix XIV: Interview with Galina Vishnevskaya, Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Centre, Moscow, 11 June 2010Appendix XV: Letters from Dmitri Smirnov [b. 1948] and Elena Firsova [b. 1950], 13 January 2015Appendix XVI: Letter from Vladislav Chernushenko, 22 April 2015Appendix XVII: Britten's volumes of Tchaikovsky: Complete Collected WorksBibliography

Rich in ideas, with musical, statistical and pictorial illustrations, this handsome volume is a splendid tribute to one of Rostropovich's outstanding pupils, the tragically short-lived Professor Alexander Ivashkin who, incidentally, recorded Britten's complete works for cello. Cameron Pyke's admirable study deserves a place in all major libraries and on the shelves of many of the composer's admirers who wish to know more about an important aspect of his life and work.