A Singer's Notebook

Ian Bostridge is one of the outstanding singers of our time, celebrated both for the quality of his voice and for the exceptional intelligence he brings to bear on the interpretation of the repertoire of the past and present alike. In "A Singer's Notebook", he takes a look at the multifaceted world [...]
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Ian Bostridge is one of the outstanding singers of our time, celebrated both for the quality of his voice and for the exceptional intelligence he brings to bear on the interpretation of the repertoire of the past and present alike. In "A Singer's Notebook", he takes a look at the multifaceted world of classical music, ranging widely over issues serious (music and transcendence) and not so serious (the singer's battles with phlegm), while inevitably discussing many of the composers with whom he has become identified, such as Britten, Henze, Janacek, Schubert, Weill and Wolf. This title includes a foreword by the eminent sociologist, Richard Sennett.