Britten's Donne Meditation
Document Type
Chapter
Publication Title
Literary Britten: Words and Music in Britten's Vocal Works
Publication Date
2018
Abstract
Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem (1962) is widely viewed as one of the twentieth century’s commemorative masterpieces, a work that emerged from the long shadow of World War II. Yet Britten’s immediate and heartrending response to the horrors of the conflict, only weeks after the cessation of fighting in Europe, is his song cycle The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, op. 35 (1945). Famously, Britten completed the cycle between 2–19 August of that year at Snape.
Recommended Citation
Vickers, Justin, "Britten's Donne Meditation" (2018). Faculty Publications - Music. 44.
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/fpm/44
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Comments
This chapter was originally published in Literary Britten: Words and Music in Britten's Vocal Works, Kate Kennedy, Editor; The Boydell Press: 2018.