Selling Britten: Music and the Market Place

by Paul Kildea

Benjamin Britten's relationships with Boosey & Hawkes, Decca, Covent Garden, the Aldeburgh Festival, the English Opera Group, and the Arts Council, had a huge influence on the music he wrote. This book explores the effect of these commercial and national institutions on the music of one of the foremost British composers of the twentieth century.

Hardcover

First published October 24, 2002

About the author

Paul Francis Kildea is an Australian conductor and author, considered an expert on Benjamin Britten.