Wednesday 3 October 2018, 10.00AM to 12.00pm
Language and literature are crucially important in the music of Benjamin Britten. He dominated Britain’s musical life in the mid-twentieth century, not least through his operas, choral music and song cycles, in which he drew on the work of nearly 100 different poets and librettists. His sensitivity to text-setting puts him on a par with Schubert. His operas are the first by a British composer to become repertory items worldwide. The course will probe the literary secrets of his musical success.
Martin Dreyer BA BMus
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