Beschreibung:
Steuart Bedford, Christopher Gillett
Knowing Britten is a vivid and insightful account of Steuart Bedford's long association with both Britten the man and his music
Table of Contents:1. My mind beats on2. A thirst, a leaping, wild unrest, a deep desire3. Should I give up the fruitless struggle with the word?4. So be it5. What lies in wait for me here?6. My head is heavy, my eyelids ache7. I must go elsewhere, I must find a clearer sky, a fresher air8. How much better to live, not words but beauty, to exist in it, and of it9. The power of beauty sets me free10. Yet I am driven on11. O voluptuous days, O the joy I suffer12. So the moments pass13. And now, Paedrus, I will goNo epilogue, I pay you for your play needs no excuseAcknowledgementsIndex