Britten Experienced

Modernism, Musicology and Sentiment

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Peter Franklin

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Who writes the books we read about music that excites us, and why? Is ‘classical music’ all about class? Related questions underpin this partly polemical study, written by an academic who believes that the Humanities, to be really humane, must confront their methods and aims. Two recent studies of Benjamin Britten have specifically interested the author, who was educated in a world where the composer was a living subject of criticism and praise, his works reflecting values, worries and dramas that were not just about ‘music’. Franklin’s response is to question the recent writers, proposing that, like theirs, his own story conditioned when and how he experienced Britten. This he unfolds autobiographically in and around the discussion of specific works. Recalling his encounters with the composer as a schoolboy, as a student and opera-goer, and then as a teacher, he challenges recent assertions about Britten and modernism in the period.

Author Biography:

Peter Franklin, a professor of music at the University of Oxford until 2014, is an Emeritus Fellow of St Catherine’s College. He has taught on both sides of the Atlantic and has written a number of books and articles on Mahler, Schreker and other composers of the period c. 1880–1933.

Release date Australia

March 7th, 2024

Author

Peter Franklin

Audience

Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

4 Halftones, black and white; 4 Illustrations, black and white

Pages

116

ISBN-13

9781032666600

Product ID

38481959

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