Customer Review: Beckett at 22. Who could write that essay at 22, but Beckett? In fairness, most of the ideas are from Joyce's mouth to Beckett's pen: but it is Beckett's pen, not Joyce's mouth that interests us. Lines scarely better than those in Beckett's "Proust".
The danger, after all, is in the neatness of... more info
Customer Review: Donald Mitchell, et.al. have done another remarkable job in providing source material for the serious student of Benjamin Britten's life and music. At the same time, the book reads like a biography. It is filled with invaluble information that helps frame, illuminate and clarify issues surrounding... more info
Customer Review: This book is terribly marred by an unnecessary reliance on a limited number of sources. Many defenses of Britten's personality and reputation simply stink of excuse making and cover-up. Read the book, and you will notice this pattern, which doesn't much credit the late Humphrey Carpenter. There... more info
Customer Review: I have read several of the books in the Cambridge Music Handbooks Series. The purpose of the books in this series is to aid the listener in understanding the theoretical/analytical aspects of the music (such as form, recurring thematic material, growth process, etc.) as well as the historical... more info
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