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jimfin
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« on: November 18, 2013, 12:07:53 am » |
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Britten certainly had a lot in common with Vaughan Williams, whom he even studied under, but he clearly didn't want to admit it. Had he lived to 70 or 80 he may have been more honest with himself. He accompanied a fine 'On Wenlock Edge'; both men loved folksong, working with real musicians, writing for amateurs, wrote in every conceivable genre and founded a musical festival. Britten worked with Imogen Holst, more or less an honorary niece of VW. He definitely picked up bits from people like her: chamber operas, which most people think Britten invented, were written by Gustav Holst; 'Noyes Fludde' is very like Boughton's 'Bethlehem', as Britten worked with Boughton's daughter Joyce. 'Peter Grimes' has an awful lot of similarities to 'The Wreckers', though I can't a direct link between Britten and Smyth...
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