Britten (Master Musicians Series)
Edition: Rev edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: November 30, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780198164791
Subjects: 20th century music; Biography: film, television & music; Composers & musicians; Music Of The 20th Century; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Composers & Musicians - Classical Composers; Genres & Styles - Classical; History & Criticism - General; Biography & Autobiography / Composers & Musicians; Composers & Musicians - General; 1913-1976; Biography; Britten, Benjamin,; Composers; England
First sentence: On the evening of 23 February 1934, the BBC broadcast a performance of A Boy Was Born, a new set of choral variations for unaccompanied voices by the twenty-year-old Benjamin Britten.