Benjamin Britten: A Biography
Researched Bibliographic Dossier
Verified edition data and a musicological research note prepared specifically for this work.
- Title
- Benjamin Britten: A Biography
- Author
- Humphrey Carpenter
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place
- London
- Year
- 1992
- Extent
- x + 680 pages; 48 pages of plates
- ISBN
- 0571143245
- Language
- English
- Type
- Biography / performance history
- Subject
- Benjamin Britten
SCOPE & CONTENT
Benjamin Britten: A Biography is a substantial biographical source on Benjamin Britten. Large documentary biography drawing on correspondence, diaries and interviews, integrating Britten’s compositions, Peter Pears partnership, pacifism, sexuality, Aldeburgh institutions and complex relationships with performers and collaborators. The dossier treats the book not merely as a life narrative but as evidence for performance history, professional networks, repertory, institutions and reception where those elements are present in the source.
RESEARCH VALUE
Its principal research value is the combination of biographical chronology with evidence about Benjamin Britten’s artistic work. First-person memoirs and near-contemporary accounts are identified as testimony rather than neutral fact, while later scholarly biographies are useful for checking chronology, correspondence, recordings and received anecdotes against documentary evidence.
BIOGRAPHICAL SCOPE
Large documentary biography drawing on correspondence, diaries and interviews, integrating Britten’s compositions, Peter Pears partnership, pacifism, sexuality, Aldeburgh institutions and complex relationships with performers and collaborators.
RESEARCH USE
This curated record improves retrieval by title, author and subject name, and preserves edition-specific bibliographic information where it can be established safely. The physical document is never renamed or overwritten by this enrichment layer.
- Catalogue completeness
- 8 / 10 core bibliographic fields