尋找偉大作曲家布瑞頓足跡－英國小鎮奧德堡巡禮

布瑞頓(Lord Benjamin Britten, 1913-1976)堪稱英國20世紀傑出的作曲家，他的音樂手法反映了豐富的英格蘭特質，1945年的歌劇《彼得葛萊姆》(Peter Grimes)將布瑞頓推上國際樂壇，同時復興了「英格蘭歌劇」(English opera)。英國薩福克郡(Suffolk)的「奧德堡」(Aldeburgh)原本是一處古老寧靜的小鎮，布瑞頓自1947年遷居至此直到過世，許多的創作在此產生。布瑞頓與其摯友皮爾斯(Sir Peter Pears, 1910-1986)在1948年開始在此舉辦奧德堡藝術節(Aldeburgh Festival)，除發表自己的創作外，亦邀請各領域藝術家舉行展演、演講或作品發表等，至今已成英國著名的藝術節之一。布瑞頓的故居The Red House今日改建成為「布瑞頓－皮爾斯基金會」(Britten-Pears Foundation)，筆者親自走訪奧德堡並於基金會短期研究，瞭解其目前運作目標為：負責推廣布瑞頓的音樂理念、贊助奧德堡藝術節、持續進行布瑞頓音樂的研究計畫、作曲家資產的保存。布瑞頓的影響力似乎正從奧德堡為中心擴散到世界各地。

關鍵字

布瑞頓；布瑞頓－皮爾斯基金會；奧德堡；音樂教育；藝術節

並列摘要

Lord Benjamin Britten can be well-known as one of the most outstanding British composers of the 20(superscript th) century. The ways of his composing music reflect typically abundant English traits. His opera Peter Grimes (1945) helped put him on the map of the world's classical music, and it also revived ”English opera.”Aldeburgh, Suffolk, UK., is a serene and unsophisticated small village. Britten composed many of his great works in this small village from 1947, when he first moved and settled there, until his death. In 1948, he and Sir Peter Pears, his intimate friend, started to hold Aldeburgh Festival, where Britten not only published his own compositions, but also invited artists of various fields to give performances, lectures, and publications of their compositions. This Festival has become one of the most world-renowned festivals in UK.The Red House, Britten's livingplace, has been refurbished as Britten-Pears Foundation. I made a visit to Aldeburgh and conducted a short-term study in the foundation. As far as this foundation is concerned, making known Britten's ideals of music to the world, sponsoring Aldeburgh Festival, carrying out studies on Britten's music, and preserving the composer's properties, etc., are only some of its end purposes. It is evident that Benjamin Britten's impacts are thus spreading from Aldeburgh to the whole world.

並列關鍵字

Britten ； BPF ； Aldeburgh ； Music education ； Festival

參考文獻

BPF. 2009. News from The Red House Aldeburgh."The Britten–Pears Foundation: History and Aims." http://www.brittenpears.org/?page=about/foundation/index.html.