Britten and Auden in the thirties : the year 1936 : the T.S. Eliot memorial lectures delivered at the University of Kent at Canterbury in November 1979 /

"Donald Mitchell's T.S. Eliot Memorial Lectures focus on the crucial year 1936, as experienced by two very active young creators. Benjamin Britten and W.H. Auden first found themselves working together in the GPO film unit, a collaboration which flowered and spilled over into the theatre a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mitchell, Donald, 1925-2017
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY, USA : Boydell Press, 2000.
Edition:	New edition /
Series:	Aldeburgh studies in music ; v. 5.
Subjects:	Britten, Benjamin, > 1913-1976. Auden, W. H. > (Wystan Hugh), > 1907-1973 > Friends and associates. Auden, W. H. > (Wystan Hugh), > 1907-1973 Britten, Benjamin, > 1913-1976 Auden, Wystan H. > 1907-1973 Britten, Benjamin > 1913-1976 Britten, Benjamin. Auden, Wystan H. 1900-1999 Geschichte 1936 Composers > England > Biography. Poets, English > 20th century > Biography. Compositeurs > Angleterre > Biographies. Poètes anglais > 20e siècle > Biographies. Composers. Friendship. Poets, English. England. Biographies.

Table of Contents:

I. Our Hunting Fathers
II. Sound-tracks
III. Schoolroom and Cabaret
IV. On this Island.