Britten. [Mit Abb. U. Noten.] - New York: Crowell (1965). 80 S., IV S. Abb. 4°"Britten's life as a musician from the time when he began composing at the age of five to the time of the first performance of his Curlew River... [Includes] quotations from letters Britten has written during the last twenty years, and from his conversations about music; photographs of him rehearsing his operas and on holiday with his friends"--from front jacket flap. |
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