Flynn, Angie
(2006)
Benjamin Britten’s compositions for children and amateurs:
cloaking simplicity behind the veil of sophistication.
Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.
Abstract
The principal aim of this thesis is to examine a portion of Britten’s oeuvre which was
intended for performance by children and amateurs and thereby to assess the extent of
the composer’s success in achieving music which betrayed all the hallmarks of a
sophisticated composition, yet providing a score which was accessible to its
performers. Indeed, ‘because of his refusal to ‘write down’ to the child performer,
although drawing on his considerable technical expertise to tailor his music to the
appropriate level of skill, there can be little doubt that this body of work contributes
significantly towards what Humphrey Carpenter termed Britten’s “‘huge
achievement.’”
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