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Britten And The Far East: Asian Influences In The Music Of Benjamin Britten With CD (Audio)
Author: Cooke, Mervyn
Aldeburgh Studies in Music; Paperback; Audio CD; 8 B&w Illustrations, 19 Line Drawings, Glossary, B
304 pages
Published: May 2001
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 0851158307

Covers Balinese gamelan music, the No drama and Gagaku court music of Japan, and sporadic borrowings from Indian music. Accompanying CDAn investigation into the influence of Eastern music on Britten's composition. An investigation, with accompanying CD, into the influence of Eastern music on Benjamin Britten's composition. This book explores the highly original cross-cultural synthesis he was able to achieve through the use of material borrowed from Balinese, Japanese and Indian sources



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