| The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Opera Contributor(s): Cooke, Mervyn (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1139000888 ISBN-13: 9781139000888 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $213.75 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: September 2011 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Opera |
| Dewey: 782.1 |
| Physical Information: 1 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): Cooke, Mervyn: - Mervyn Cooke is Professor of Music at the University of Nottingham. His books include studies of Britten's Billy Budd and War Requiem (Cambridge University Press), Britten and the Far East, Jazz, and The Chronicle of Jazz; he has also edited The Cambridge Companion to Benjamin Britten and (with David Horn) The Cambridge Companion to Jazz. He is currently writing a history of film music for Cambridge University Press, and is a co-editor of the ongoing and critically acclaimed edition of Britten's correspondence published by Faber. He is also active as a pianist and composer, his compositions having been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and Radio France, and performed at London's South Bank and St John's Smith Square. |