Benjamin Britten: His Life and Operas

Benjamin Britten: His Life and Operas
ISBN-10
0520016793
ISBN-13
9780520016798
Series
Benjamin Britten
Category
Composers
Pages
256
Language
English
Published
1970
Publisher
Univ of California Press
Author
Eric Walter White

Description

This new edition has been thoroughly revised and edited by John Evans (research scholar to the Britten Estate) who has updated the chronological list of published works and included in the bibliography the many books that have been written ...

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