Middlebrow Modernism: Britten's Operas and the Great Divide

This study examines the way Britten's operas and their audiences muddied the waters of the so-called "great divide" between modernism and mass culture, mediating between the aesthetics of difficulty and distinction on the one hand, and the pleasures and conventions associated with pop...

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Main Author: Chowrimootoo, Christopher Craig
Other Authors: Rehding, Alexander
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2013
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Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11102
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:11181147