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Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976, aged 63) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of works including opera, other vocal music, orchestral and chamber pieces.
Benjamin Britten in 1968. This list of compositions includes all the published works by English composer Benjamin Britten with opus number.
Sep 7, 2024 · Benjamin Britten (born November 22, 1913, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England—died December 4, 1976, Aldeburgh, Suffolk) was a leading British composer of the mid-20th century, whose operas were considered the finest English operas since those of Henry Purcell in the 17th century.
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Benjamin Britten (born Lowestoft 22 November 1913; died Aldeburgh 4 December 1976) The most remarkable English composer of the post-war period, Edward Benjamin Britten changed the face of British opera and composed some of this century’s most-loved choral works.
- November 22, 1913
- December 4, 1976
- Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Edward Benjamin Britten was an English composer, conductor and pianist. He's best-known for his substantial operatic output, including Peter Grimes, Billy Budd and The Turn of the Screw, among others, but also wrote song cycles and a large number of orchestral works.
- Britten's health. After contracting pneumonia when he was three months old, Britten struggled with his health throughout his life. He was also extremely sensitive to criticism, and often disowned former friends who offended him.
- Britten in London. As a young boy, Britten attended a local fee-paying elementary school in his hometown of Lowestoft, before moving to Gresham's School in Norfolk in 1928.
- Britten and Pears in America. In 1939, Britten and Pears sailed to North America as friends, eventually falling in love and starting a relationship. In 1940, Britten composed Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, the first of many song-cycles he wrote for Pears.
English composer, conductor and pianist Benjamin Britten (1913–76) was one of the leading musical figures of his generation. Perhaps the greatest of his many legacies is the revival of English opera.
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Nov 20, 2013 · Benjamin Britten is often referred to as the most influential composer of the 20th Century (to the chagrin, one assumes, of Stravinsky and Schoenberg aficionados.)