For a 70th birthday tribute to the distinguished Swiss conductor Paul Sacher, Mstislav Rostropovich hit on the idea of inviting twelve of Sacher's friends to collaborate in writing a set a variations
A terrific collection that brings together nine of Britten's previously unpublished songs, written over a period of 25 years from 1935 onwards. Many were originally intended to be part of song-cyles b
During World War I, about 10,000 Native Americans either enlisted or were drafted into the American Expeditionary Force. Three related questions are examined in depth for the first time in this book:
Written between 1923 and 1925, these 10 waltzes were written in Britten's childhood and in publishing them the composer intended that they would be used particularly by the young or the inexperienced
