Britten Benjamin Edward (23 results)

Sheet music. Condition: Very Good.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Opus 33b. Hawkes Pocket Scores, No. 84. (Music, Operas) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Stapled Paperback. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 14 pp. Scored for solo piano.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Comic.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 12mo. 55pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Pictorial wrappers. Faint spotting on page edges, light rubbing on spine, tiny ink marking on front cover, very good.

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Unknown. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Good. Softcover. Moderate shelf-wear. Tape mark to back cover. Small pencil mark top right corner. Inside Free of any markings. Gently used with modest show of wear Condition Considered in Pricing For Additional Information or pictures, Please Inquire.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Publisher - John Lane the Bodley Head, London, 1945. Sadler's Wells Opera Books, no.3. Vintage paperback, good condition but mended with sellotape at spine. B/w portrait frontispiece photo of Britten. Many musical examples. Plates in centre. Card covers have flaps and are slightly darkened with age, with mild edge wear. Tanning to page edges.

Original wrappers. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Octavo (201 x 132mm), pp. 38, [2 (final blank l.)]. (A few light marks.) Original light-green printed wrappers with French flaps, stapled as issued. (Slightly faded on spine and at edges of wrappers, corners slightly creased, small marks on lower wrapper.) A very good, clean copy in the original wrappers. First edition. The Burning Fiery Furnace was the second of the series of three parables for church performance created by Plomer and Britten, which began with Curlew River (1964) and concluded with The Prodigal Son (1968). The three parables drew on Japanese drama and music, which both author and composer had experienced during residences in Japan: Plomer (1903-1973) had lived in the country from 1926 to 1929, teaching English and living with his Japanese partner, Morito Fukuzawa, while Britten (1913-1976) visited Japan during a journey around the world in 1955-1956. In February 1956, Britten attended a performance in Tokyo of the celebrated Noh play Sumidagawa and he 'was overwhelmed by the drama, the ritualistic, idealized action, and the music, a form of recitation accompanied by a very small instrumental on-stage ensemble' (ODNB). Britten's experience of Gagaku, the ancient traditional court music of Japan, had a similarly profound effect: '[w]hat [. . .] is of central importance to comprehend with regard to Curlew River and its successors, The Burning Fiery Furnace (1966) and The Prodigal Son (1968), is the acquisition and deployment of new techniques -- heterophony, above all -- culled from Britten's encounters with musics from non-Western cultures, an example of the process of absorption and accumulation by which he constantly renewed his musical language. This radical new path makes it possible to present Britten as the most important twentieth-century Western composer substantially to incorporate non-Western techniques into his own compositional practice' (op. cit.). The Burning Fiery Furnace is based on the story of the Chaldean King Nebuchadnezzar II and the three Israelites who were thrown into a furnace for their refusal to worship his golden image, which is narrated in the biblical Book of Daniel. The work was first performed by the English Opera Group on 9 June 1966 in Orford Church, Suffolk, as part of the Aldeburgh Festival, with Peter Pears in the role of Nebuchadnezzar. FURTHER INFORMATION: please contact us for further information about this item and prices for shipping.

Condition: Buono (Good). I ed. italiana: MDMXXXXVII (Copyright MDMXXXXV by Boosey & Hawkes). VIII piccolo748/brossura in cartoncino ruvido azzurro cenere con titoli e incisione in nero al primo piatto. Stato buono (copertina solarizzata - pagine brunite). Book.

Original stapled illustrated souvenir programme. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 12 pages. In Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. MUSIC [Classical].

Brossura. Condition: discrete. Cm.20,3x14,6. Pg.48. Brossura editoriale. 100 gr.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Covers and spine show some rubbing, scuffing, fading and shelf wear. Edges show some light flaring, scuffing and shelf wear. Hawkes Pocket Scores.Boosey & Hawkes No.83.

, Two Pieces. 1. Romance Op 62, 2.Chanson de Nuit Op 15/1 Cello parts only, 4 pages; Violoncello Concerto Opus 85, cello and piano parts, 34 pages; Sonata in C for Cello and Piano Op 65, 1961, main book contains cello and piano parts with a separate insert of solo cello part, 36 and 14 pages Later editions , edges and spines rubbed, front cover of Two Pieces and Sonata in C are marked, mark to bottom edge of Elgar Concerto, pages clean, fair to good condition , printed paper wraps , 31 cm x 24 cm Paperback ISBN:

Paperback. Condition: Good. 57 p. 1 Supplement(s) Dutch.

Unknown Binding. Condition: Very Good. Book is in great condition. Pages are crisp and clean, binding tight. Pages slightly discolored from aging.Top portion of cover on spine removed. Cover shows edgewear and shelfwear. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed. Orders received before 3PM PT typically ship same day. All profits support the non-profit community.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition, limited. Limited edition, 850 copies, this No "6 USA". with six full pagge illustrations by Henry Moore. Dustjacket has a chip in the middle of the spine, which is faded. Internals of book near fine, gte, sides untrimmed. A handsome production.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Schirmer Books. xvii, 435 / pp. Softcover. LCC: 962063 / 85754459 Very good condition; touches of wear on covers.

Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Ex-library book, usual markings. Original dust cover laminated to boards. Well read copy with some spine wear but still very useable. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Henry Moore (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, presentation copy. Signed by Edward Sackville-West on copyright page. Very good book in good- dust jacket. Clean, bright, and otherwise unmarked with bumping to corners and sunfading to edges of boards. Dust jacket is chipped and worn, with strip missing along top edge of rear panel. Orchestral score by Benjamin Britten. Six drawings by Henry Moore. Includes publisher's postcard stating 'With the Compliments of the Author'. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Henry Moore (illustrator). First edition. A Limited Edition 'Odyssey' based melodrama from Edward Sackville-West, brightly illustrated by Henry Moore. The first edition of this work from music critic and novelist Edward Sackville-West , a Limited Edition, number 627 of 850 copies printed on hand made paper. In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.A melodrama based upon Homer's 'Odyssey', this play was originally written for radio broadcasting, with the orchestral score of the work composed by conductor and pianist Benjamin Britten.Illustrated with six plates from artist and abstract sculptor Henry Moore, of which four are brightly coloured. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Light fading to back strip, with minor shelf wear to spine tail. Dust wrapper back strip age toned to back strip, with loss and chipping to back strip head, and edge wear to tail. Small closed tear to head of front wrap, with small losses of colour to folds. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. book.

Condition: Good. Tls on card thanking Norman Richardson aka W.N.B. Richards of Leavesden, Watford and London . 10 x 13cm.