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• catalog abstract "This book is the visualization of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears in 1959-60 as they labored to adapt Shakespeare's comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream, for the operatic stage. This book is designed to attract general readers and to interest opera-lovers, amateurs of English literature and music, students, and academic scholars. Not a "how-to" book about writing opera, it is rather a "how-did" study of a genius making the score of a musical masterpiece, the blueprint for a performance of a mid-twentieth-century romantic chamber opera in English, which has been internationally successful and critically acclaimed since 1960. Britten, colibrettist as well as composer, largely preserved the source text. He considered operatic conventions critically: this work inquires whether and why he followed or flouted them. He named the distinct steps in his opera-making but not his reasons for choosing among the wide literary and musical options. Godsalve fleshes out Britten's promotional and other ancillary comments - usually agreeing but sometimes not. The opinions of many critics are cited: they usually shed favorable light on Britten's "remaking." The reader is free and encouraged to indulge in the pleasure of arriving at an independent judgment. The study touches on cultural influences other than the aesthetic. As argued in the final chapter, Britten, with Pears, succeeded in writing an aesthetically attractive opera by constructing a new, strong dramatic design (albeit with flaws) and in applying masterly techniques to the details of putting the old drama into new music.".
• catalog contributor b5914025.
• catalog created "1995.".
• catalog date "1995".
• catalog date "1995.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
• catalog description "Britten, colibrettist as well as composer, largely preserved the source text. He considered operatic conventions critically: this work inquires whether and why he followed or flouted them. He named the distinct steps in his opera-making but not his reasons for choosing among the wide literary and musical options. Godsalve fleshes out Britten's promotional and other ancillary comments - usually agreeing but sometimes not.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-226) and index.".
• catalog description "Introduction -- Restructuring the play : aims and options -- Reshaping the libretto -- Cuttin the text and other adjustments : options and decisions -- The effects of changes in the libretto on the actions -- Implications of the use of music -- Significant forms in the music -- Vocal passages -- Instrumental passages, music by characters, and metaopera -- Conclusion -- Appendix A, Performances of Britten's opera A midsummer night's dream -- Appendix B, Biographical notes -- Appendix C, Interviews with resource persons -- Appendix D, The Britten-Pears library -- Appendix E, Statistical analyses of tonality sets and pandiatonic passage.".
• catalog description "The opinions of many critics are cited: they usually shed favorable light on Britten's "remaking." The reader is free and encouraged to indulge in the pleasure of arriving at an independent judgment.".
• catalog description "The study touches on cultural influences other than the aesthetic. As argued in the final chapter, Britten, with Pears, succeeded in writing an aesthetically attractive opera by constructing a new, strong dramatic design (albeit with flaws) and in applying masterly techniques to the details of putting the old drama into new music.".
• catalog description "This book is designed to attract general readers and to interest opera-lovers, amateurs of English literature and music, students, and academic scholars. Not a "how-to" book about writing opera, it is rather a "how-did" study of a genius making the score of a musical masterpiece, the blueprint for a performance of a mid-twentieth-century romantic chamber opera in English, which has been internationally successful and critically acclaimed since 1960.".
• catalog description "This book is the visualization of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears in 1959-60 as they labored to adapt Shakespeare's comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream, for the operatic stage.".
• catalog extent "237 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Britten's A midsummer night's dream.".
• catalog identifier "0838635512 (alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Britten's A midsummer night's dream.".
• catalog issued "1995".
• catalog issued "1995.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Madison [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; London ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses,".
• catalog relation "Britten's A midsummer night's dream.".
• catalog subject "782.1 20".
• catalog subject "Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Midsummer night's dream.".
• catalog subject "ML410.B853 G63 1995".
• catalog subject "Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Adaptations History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Adaptations.".
• catalog subject "Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night's dream.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- Restructuring the play : aims and options -- Reshaping the libretto -- Cuttin the text and other adjustments : options and decisions -- The effects of changes in the libretto on the actions -- Implications of the use of music -- Significant forms in the music -- Vocal passages -- Instrumental passages, music by characters, and metaopera -- Conclusion -- Appendix A, Performances of Britten's opera A midsummer night's dream -- Appendix B, Biographical notes -- Appendix C, Interviews with resource persons -- Appendix D, The Britten-Pears library -- Appendix E, Statistical analyses of tonality sets and pandiatonic passage.".
• catalog title "Britten's A midsummer night's dream : making an opera from Shakespeare's comedy / William H. L. Godsalve.".
• catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
• catalog type "text".