Britten's Unquiet Pasts: Sound and Memory in Postwar Reconstruction
Author:   Heather Wiebe (University of Virginia)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781107507821


Pages:   250
Publication Date:   05 March 2015
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Heather Wiebe (University of Virginia)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 24.50cm
Weight:   0.450kg
ISBN:  

9781107507821


ISBN 10:   1107507820
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   05 March 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction; 1. Music and cultural renewal; 2. 'Today on Earth the Angels Sing': carols in wartime; 3. Realizing Purcell; 4. Gloriana and the 'new Elizabethans'; 5. Noye's Fludde and the rituals of lost faith; 6. Ghosts in the ruins: the War Requiem at Coventry.

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'Fascinating …' The Times Literary Supplement 'Unfailingly readable …' Musical Times


'Fascinating ...' The Times Literary Supplement 'Unfailingly readable ...' Musical Times


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Heather Wiebe is Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Virginia. A member of the editorial board of The Opera Quarterly, she has published widely on twentieth-century music, British musical culture and opera.

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