Author: Cooke, Mervyn (Lecturer in Music, University of Nottingham)
Book; Audio CD; 8 B&w Halftones, 19 Line Drawings, Musical Example
279 pages
Published: June 1998
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 0851155790
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An investigation, with accompanying CD, into the influence of Eastern music on Benjamin Britten's composition. This book explores the highly original cross-cultural synthesis he was able to achieve through the use of material borrowed from Balinese, Japanese and Indian sources