num_pages: 128
description: 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.
language: English
title: Britten: War Requiem
titlecomplete: Britten: War Requiem (Cambridge Music Handbooks)
genres: Nonfiction, Music
ratings_count: 14
series: Cambridge Music Handbooks
publisher: Cambridge University Press