Buchdetails
Format
Gebundene Ausgabe
Seiten
128
Sprache
Englisch
Veröffentlicht
Nov 13, 1996
Verlag
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521440890
ISBN-13
9780521440899
Beschreibung
The book examines from various viewpoints Britten's War Requiem, written in 1962 to celebrate the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral and uniting the famous anti-war poetry of Wilfred Owen with the Latin Requiem Mass. Britten's and Owen's pacifist beliefs are compared, and the chronology of the compositional process unraveled from documentary and manuscript sources. The musical language is analyzed in detail, and the fluctuating critical responses to the score are assessed.
Genres
Action & Abenteuer
Poesie