Tippett: A Child of Our Time (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521597531)

Michael Tippett's oratorio A Child of Our Time was written at the beginning of the second world war as an expression of "man's inhumanity to man." This Handbook discusses the significant musical and literary features of this remarkable work within its specific historical, social and stylistic context. Attention is given to the shaping of Tippett's own text as well as its musical representation. Also of importance is the initial critical reception of the work, a reception that defined certain responses that still surround the work today.

Author: Kenneth Gloag,Gloag Kenneth
ISBN-10: 0521597536
ISBN-13: 9780521597531
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/28/1999
Pages: 124
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.37lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.29d