The Music of Britten and Tippett Studies in Themes and Techniques [Paperback]

A unique double portrait of the two leading composers of their generation.A dual portrait of Benjamin Britten and Michael Tippett emerges from this celebratory volume, updated with Tippett's work in the Eighties as well as additional information on the Britten repertoire.A dual portrait of Benjamin Britten and Michael Tippett emerges from this celebratory volume, updated with Tippett's work in the Eighties as well as additional information on the Britten repertoire.In this classic study of Benjamin Britten and Michael Tippett, Arnold Whittall builds up a unique double portrait of the two leading composers of their generation. For this second, revised edition Whittall includes a new chapter on Tippett's major works of the 1980s: the Piano Sonata No. 4, the large-scale choral composition The Mask of Time and the most recent opera, New Year. In addition, new information on the Britten repertoire and an updated bibliography are also presented.Acknowledgements; Prologue; Part I. The Thirties and the War: 1. Britten: Four early works (19313); 2. Tippett: String quartet No. 1, Piano Sonata No. 1 (19347); 3. Britten: Our Hunting Fathers to the Violin Concerto (19369); 4. Tippett in 1939: the Concerto for Double String Orchestra; 5. Britten in America: 193942; 6. Tippett: an oratorio, a string quartet and a cantata (193943); 7. Britten's return: 19423; 8. Tippett and symphonic form (19446); Postscript: the Britten legacy; Part II. After the War (194463): 9. Britten: Peter Grimes (19445); 10. Britten: the Donne Sonnets and the String Quartet No. 2 (1945); 11. Britten: The Rape of Lucretia and Albert Herring (19467); 12. Britten: from Albert Herring to Billy Budd (1947-51); 13. Tippett: The Midsummer Marriage (194652); 14. Britten: from Canticle II to Winter Words (19523); 15. Tippett: from the Corelli Fantasia to the Piano Concerto (1953-5); 16. Britten: The Turn of the Screw to Noye's Fludde (19537); 17. Tippett: Symphony No. 2 (19567); 18. Britten: the NoctulSÍ