1970 Benjamin Britten: His Life and Operas

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Author's Presentation Copy, First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Signed, With Dustwrapper

First edition. Signed by the author to the half title "with fondest love" to his daughter, anti-racism activist and co-founder of New Beacon Books Sarah and her partner John. Illustrated with twenty-four photographs. Collated complete. The life of Edward Benjamin Britten, an English composer, conductor, and pianist who was a central figure of twentieth-century British music. With commentary on his operas and other works. Written by Eric Walter White, an English musicologist, composer, translator, editor, poet, writer, and arts administrator.