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Index
List of plates
Notes on contributors
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Chronology
Introduction Mervyn Cooke
Part one · Apprenticeship
1 Juvenilia (1922-1932) Christopher Mark
2 Britten, Auden and ‘otherness’ Paul Kildea
3 Britten in the cinema: Coal Face Philip Reed
Part two · The operas
4 ‘He descended into Hell’: Peter Grimes, Ellen Orford and salvation denied Stephen Arthur Allen
5 The chamber operas Arnold Whittall
6 Gloriana: Britten’s ‘slighted child’ Antonia Malloy-Chirgwin
7 Britten and Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Mervyn Cooke
8 Eros in life and death: Billy Budd and Death in Venice Clifford Hindley
Part three · Perspectives
9 Distant horizons: from Pagodaland to the Church Parables Mervyn Cooke
10 Violent climates Donald Mitchell
11 Britten as symphonist Arved Ashby
12 The concertos and early orchestral scores: aspects of style and aesthetic Eric Roseberry
13 The chamber music Philip Rupprecht
14 Music for voices Ralph Woodward
Part four · The composer in the community
15 Britten and the world of the child Stephen Arthur Allen
16 Old songs in new contexts: Britten as arranger Eric Roseberry
17 Aldeburgh Judith LeGrove
Notes
Index of Britten’s works
General index
Literature
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