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
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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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