Benjamin Britten's Poets

Benjamin Britten's Poets

Hardback (09 Jun 1994)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Now available in paperback.
Benjamin Britten was a great reader of poetry, and poetry profoundly affected his musical genius and style of composition. Friendships and collaborations with writers -- Auden and Forster among them -- left their mark.
No other composer of songs, not even Schubert or Schumann, set poems of such range and quality. All the 360 poems Britten set are included in this book. They range from Donne's complex 'Holy Sonnets' to the deceptive simplicity of Blake's 'Oh rose thou art sick'. They include anonymous ballads, modern work and poems in other languages (with translations). Full details of the source and use of each poem are given.

Book information

ISBN: 9781857540222
Publisher: Carcanet Press
Imprint: Carcanet Poetry
Pub date:
DEWEY: 821.914
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: xxiv, 299
Weight: 534g
Height: 222mm
Width: 144mm
Spine width: 19mm