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Higgins, Paul (2009) Benjamin Britten: art song, a synthesis of words and music — issues and approaches to text-setting. Maynooth Musicology: Postgraduate Journal, 2. pp. 1-18.
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Abstract
The clarity of verbal expression evident throughout Benjamin Britten’s
(1913-1976) art songs serves to highlight the central role which the
setting of pre-existing written poetic texts occupies in his compositional
process and in the aesthetic appreciation of his interpretation. For
Britten, text acts initially as a source of musical imagination, but it also
provides the composer with a framework with which to express
musically his selected, literary-based ideas.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Benjamin Britten; art song; synthesis; words; music; issues; approaches; text-setting; Maynooth Musicology; |
| Academic Unit: | Faculty of Arts,Celtic Studies and Philosophy > Music |
| Item ID: | 9469 |
| Depositing User: | IR Editor |
| Date Deposited: | 14 May 2018 11:35 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Maynooth Musicology: Postgraduate Journal |
| Publisher: | Maynooth Musicology |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| URI: | https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/9469 |
| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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