Working with Britten

A Personal Memoir

• Author(s): Ronald Duncan,
• Publisher: Rebel Press
• Pages: 170
• ISBN_10: 0900615303
  ISBN_13: 9780900615306
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / Music , Music / Genres & Styles / Classical ,

Description:... "Ronald Duncan and Benjamin Britten were close friends for 40 years. They worked together on various operas including The Rape of Lucretia; and Britten wrote incidental music for Duncan's plays This Way To the Tomb, Stratton and The Eagle Has Two Heads. Their relationship had its ups and downs, just as their professional collaboration had its triumphs and disappointments. The author describes his own shortcomings and Britten's with disarming honesty. But most importantly, he gives a unique insight into the process of making an opera from its inception to the completed score."--Publisher's description.