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Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd (Cambridge Opera Handbooks) - Softcover

Cooke, Mervyn

 
9780521387507: Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd (Cambridge Opera Handbooks)

Synopsis

A detailed synopsis guides the reader through the musical and dramatic action of the opera, Billy Budd.

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Billy Budd, based on Herman Melville's nautical allegory, is one of Britten's most challenging operas. This comprehensive guide considers the work from both literary and musical viewpoints. Melville's novella is discussed as is the interpretation given to the novela by the librettists E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier.

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