Illustrated With over 300 Music Examples and Diagrams
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This comprehensive guide to Britten's musical achievement discusses all the published
compositions in subdivisions of genre and period, and devotes a separate chapter to
each opera. With the help of over 300 music examples and diagrams, Evans
demonstrates Britten's mastery of the art of composition. Since this book's first
appearance in 1979, Britten's publishers have made available a considerable number of
works withheld during the composer's lifetime; some are juvenilia, but others date from
as late as the Peter Grimes period. In a postscript to this edition, Peter Evans assesses
the creative stature of these works and their significance in Britten's development. The
catalogue of works now includes these additional titles, and the selective bibliography
has been revised.