Four Last Songs: Aging and Creativity in Verdi, Strauss, Messiaen, and Britten

by Michael Hutcheon and Linda Hutcheon

Book Overview

Aging and creativity can seem a particularly fraught relationship for artists, who often face age-related difficulties as their audience's expectations are at a peak. In Four Last Songs, Linda and Michael Hutcheon explore this issue via the late works of some of the world's greatest composers.

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), Richard Strauss (1864-1949), Olivier Messiaen (1908-92), and Benjamin Britten (1913-76) all wrote operas late in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022625559X
• ISBN13: 9780226255590
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"