BENJAMIN BRITTEN: A LIFE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Book ID/图书代码： 03635013B61922
English Summary/英文概要： Published to mark the beginning of the Britten centenary year in 2013, Paul Kildea’s Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century is the definitive biography of Britain’s greatest modern composer.
In the eyes of many, Benjamin Britten was our finest composer since Purcell (a figure who often inspired him) three hundred years earlier. He broke decisively with the romantic, nationalist school of figures such as Parry, Elgar and Vaughan Williams and recreated English music in a fresh, modern, European form. With Peter Grimes (1945), Billy Budd (1951) and The Turn of the Screw (1954), he arguably composed the last operas - from any composer in any country - which have entered both the popular consciousness and the musical canon.
He did all this while carrying two disadvantages to worldly success - his passionately held pacifism, which made him suspect to the authorities during and immediately after the Second World War - and his homosexuality, specifically his forty-year relationship with Peter Pears, for whom many of his greatest operatic roles and vocal works were created. The atmosphere and personalities of Aldeburgh in his native Suffolk also form another wonderful dimension to the book. Kildea shows clearly how Britten made this creative community, notably with the foundation of the Aldeburgh Festival and the building of Snape Maltings, but also how costly the determination that this required was.
Above all, this book helps us understand the relationship of Britten’s music to his life, and takes us as far into his creative process as we are ever likely to go. Kildea reads dozens of Britten’s works with enormous intelligence and sensitivity, in a way which those without formal musical training can understand. It is one of the most moving and enjoyable biographies of a creative artist of any kind to have appeared for years.
Paul Kildea is a writer and conductor who has performed many of the Britten works he writes about, in opera houses and concert halls from Sydney to Hamburg. His previous books include Selling Britten (2002) and (as editor) Britten on Music (2003). He was Head of Music at the Aldeburgh Festival between 1999 and 2002 and subsequently Artistic Director of the Wigmore Hall in London.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 2013年，保罗•吉尔达创作了本书《本杰明•布里顿：20世纪音乐生活录》，以此纪念本杰明•布里顿诞辰100周年，本书记录了英国史上最伟大的现代作曲家生平。
在许多人眼中，本杰明•布里顿是继300年前的珀赛尔之后英国史上最伟大的作曲家（布莱顿最初便是受珀赛尔影响）。布里顿勇敢地打破了帕里、埃尔加和沃恩•威廉斯等人奠定的浪漫主义国民形象，转而创造出全新的现代主义欧派音乐。在创作了《彼得•格林》《比利•巴德》及《碧庐冤孽》后，他再次颇具争议地创作了最后一部歌剧，其极具包容性的得到了全世界作曲家的认可，因此他的作品均堪称兼具流行意识及音乐精髓。
布里顿一边承受着两股巨大的压力，一边还创作出诸多杰出作品，跻身世界一流音乐家之列---压力之一便是他热情高涨地支持反战主义，因此在二战过程中及结束后不久，他都曾是重点怀疑对象；压力之二便是其同性恋身份，尤其是他与彼得•皮尔斯长达40年之久的亲密关系，布里顿绝大多数伟大歌剧作品中的角色以及许多音乐作品均是为彼得而创作。阿尔德堡独特的气质及他的故乡萨福克郡构成了本书精彩生动且不为人知的另一面。吉尔达不仅向我们生动展示了布里顿建立这一以阿尔德堡音乐节及斯内普•马尔汀斯音乐大厅而闻名于世，且充满着活力与创造力的社区的全过程，与此同时，他还向我们揭示了这一过程所需要的巨大毅力与决心。
总而言之，本书向我们充分展示了布里顿的音乐生活，并带领我们如愿以偿地深入到布里顿激情四射的创造生活之中。吉尔达怀着审慎的精神和高度的敏感性详细参阅并研究了大量布里顿的作品，使得即便是从未经受过专业训练的普通人，也能读懂布里顿。如果说布里顿是一名百年难得一遇的真正艺术家，那么本书作为他的传记，无疑是一部最为感人且充满欢乐的作品。
保罗•吉尔达是一名作家，同时也是一名指挥家，他指挥了多部布里顿的作品，曾在悉尼及汉堡等多地的音乐厅进行演奏表演。其作品包括：《认识布里顿》（作为编辑）（2002）、《布里顿与音乐》（2003）。1999-2002年间，他曾担任阿尔德堡音乐节音乐总监，并随后担任了伦敦温格摩尔音乐厅艺术总监。（DC）
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About the Author/作者介绍： 保罗•吉尔达是一名作家，同时也是一名指挥家，他指挥了多部布里顿的作品，曾在悉尼及汉堡等多地的音乐厅进行演奏表演。其作品包括：《认识布里顿》（作为编辑）（2002）、《布里顿与音乐》（2003）。1999-2002年间，他曾担任阿尔德堡音乐节音乐总监，并随后担任了伦敦温格摩尔音乐厅艺术总监。作者现居柏林。Paul Kildea is a writer and conductor who has performed many of the Britten works he writes about, in opera houses and concert halls from Sydney to Hamburg. He has written extensively on the relationship between music and culture in the twentieth century: his previous books include Selling Britten (2002) and (as editor) Britten on Music (2003). He was Head of Music at the Aldeburgh Festival between 1999 and 2002 and subsequently Artistic Director of the Wigmore Hall in London. He lives in Berlin.
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