Letters from a Life: The Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, 1913--1976, volume 6: 1966--76

这笔奖学金将支持默文·库克对本杰明·布里顿的大量信件授权版第六卷也是最后一卷的编辑工作，这些信件是从目前保存在萨福克郡阿尔德堡的布里顿-珀尔斯图书馆的大约84,000件藏品中挑选出来的。该系列的最后一卷涵盖了这位作曲家生命的最后十年，从1966年到1976年去世，出版的时间将与他百年诞辰(2013年)期间他的生活和工作的国际庆祝活动相吻合。本杰明·布里顿的前两本信：本杰明·布里顿的信和日记于1991年由费伯和费伯在唐纳德·米切尔和菲利普·里德的编辑下出版，涵盖了这位作曲家在1923年至1925年的形成时期的生活和作品。默文·库克成为第三卷的联合编辑，这本书于2004年由费伯和费伯出版，加州大学出版社出版，涵盖了1946-51年。第4卷(1952--7年)主要由库克和里德编辑，米切尔继续担任监督编辑，于2008年出版；第5卷(1958--65年)由库克和里德单独编辑，于2010年出版。第四卷和第五卷由博伊德尔出版社与布里顿-皮尔斯基金会联合出版，这种安排将延续到第六卷。每卷长约800页，除了详细的编辑注释外，它们还包括广泛的照片和插图材料，包括许多以前从未出版的原始材料的复制品(例如手稿和剧本草稿)。与前几卷一样，第六卷将使用注释的媒介来提供关于布里顿生平和源自原始档案来源的作品的新的事实信息，因此将既作为自传(即布里顿用他自己的话叙述的布里顿的生平和艺术)，也作为一本客观的传记，在其中充分考虑到关于作曲家的广泛出版的文献，包括短暂的和学术的。该项目的一个重要目标是以平衡的方式反映布里顿职业生涯的所有主要方面，而不仅仅是考虑他最著名的作曲活动：因此，他的许多其他专业活动(表演、指挥、录音、巡回演出、音乐节和歌剧公司管理)和私人关系(与他的合作伙伴彼得·皮尔斯，以及他的剧本作者和其他创作伙伴、朋友、家人和年轻伙伴)得到全面和彻底的处理，信件被设置在当时流行的相关文化、艺术和经济背景中。例如，这些考虑源于他与主要机构的交易，如皇家歌剧院、BBC、德卡、Boosey&Hawkes和Faber Music(后者成立于1965年，专门出版布里顿的音乐)、英国歌剧院集团和Aldeburgh音乐节。对布里顿在该卷所涵盖的几年中所产生的主要作品的接受程度的评估将在注释中根据重要的新闻评论和其他批评性评论进行。将涵盖的主要作品是第二和第三个教堂寓言，《燃烧的火炉》(1966)和《浪子》(1968)；电视歌剧《欧文·温格勒》(1970)；以及布里顿的最后一部歌剧《威尼斯之死》(1973)。其他作品包括歌舞杂耍《金色虚荣》(1966)；为Mstislv Rostropovich创作的大提琴独奏第二组曲和第三组曲(1967和1971)；为布莱希特创作的儿童十字军东征(1968)；为Osian Ellis创作的一些竖琴作品；最后的两首颂歌，《麦琪之旅》(1971)和《圣水仙之死》(1974)；康塔塔·佩德拉(1975)；第三弦乐四重奏(1975)。

This Fellowship will support Mervyn Cooke's editorial work on the sixth and final volume of the authorized edition of Benjamin Britten's voluminous and hitherto largely unpublished correspondence, selected from some 84,000 items now preserved at The Britten--Pears Library in Aldeburgh, Suffolk. This final volume in the series covers the last decade of the composer's life, from 1966 to his death in 1976, and its publication will be timed to coincide with the international celebrations of his life and work during his centenary year (2013).The first two volumes of Letters from a Life: The Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten were published by Faber and Faber in 1991 under the editorship of Donald Mitchell and Philip Reed, and covered the composer's life and works in the formative period 1923--45. Mervyn Cooke became co-editor for volume 3, published by Faber and Faber and the University of California Press in 2004, which covered the years 1946--51. Volume 4 (1952--7) was principally edited by Cooke and Reed, with Mitchell remaining as supervising editor, and was published in 2008; volume 5 (1958--65) was edited by Cooke and Reed alone, and was published in 2010. Volumes 4 and 5 were published by The Boydell Press in association with The Britten--Pears Foundation, an arrangement which will persist with volume 6. Each of these volumes amounts to c. 800 pages and, in addition to detailed editorial annotations, they include a wide range of photographs and illustrative material, including many facsimiles of primary source material (e.g. manuscripts and libretto drafts) which have never been published before. Volume 6, as did the previous volumes, will use the medium of annotation to provide new factual information on Britten's life and works derived from primary archival sources, and will therefore serve both as an autobiography (i.e. Britten's life and art as recounted in his own words) and an objective biography in which full account is taken of the extensive published literature on the composer, both ephemeral and scholarly. An important aim of the project is to reflect all major aspects of Britten's career in a balanced manner by not merely considering the composing activity for which he is best known: thus his many other professional activities (performing, conducting, recording, touring, festival and opera-company administration) and private relationships (with his partner Peter Pears, with his librettists and other creative associates, friends, family and young companions) receive full and thorough treatment, and the correspondence is set in the relevant cultural, artistic and economic contexts prevailing at the time. Such considerations arise, for example, from his dealings with major institutions such as the Royal Opera House, BBC, Decca, Boosey & Hawkes and Faber Music (the latter set up in 1965 specifically to publish Britten's music), English Opera Group and Aldeburgh Festival. An assessment of the reception accorded to the major works produced by Britten during the years covered by the volume will be undertaken in the annotations on the basis of significant press reviews and other critical commentary. The major works to be covered are the second and third church parables, The Burning Fiery Furnace (1966) and The Prodigal Son (1968); the television opera Owen Wingrave (1970); and Britten's final opera, Death in Venice (1973). Other works include the vaudeville The Golden Vanity (1966); the Second and Third Suites for solo cello written for Mstislav Rostropovich (1967 and 1971); the Brecht setting Children's Crusade (1968); a number of works for harp written for Osian Ellis; the two final canticles, The Journey of the Magi (1971) and The Death of Saint Narcissus (1974); the cantata Phaedra (1975); and the Third String Quartet (1975).