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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 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. He was also an outstanding pianist and conductor.
Benjamin Britten in 1968. This list of compositions includes all the published works by English composer Benjamin Britten with opus number.
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.
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.
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.)
Who was Benjamin Britten? The Suffolk-born pianist, composer and conductor wrote music from boyhood and achieved global success, but never strayed from his East Anglian roots. Early Years. Edward Benjamin Britten was one of Britain’s leading composers of the 20 th Century.
Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten of Aldeburgh, (born Nov. 22, 1913, Lowestoft, Suffolk, Eng.—died Dec. 4, 1976, Aldeburgh, Suffolk), British composer. He studied at the Royal College of Music, where he met the tenor Peter Pears (1910–86), who would become his lifelong companion.
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.
Edward Benjamin Britten. Born: 21 Kirkley Cliff Road, Lowestoft, England, 22 Nov. 1913. Died: the Red House, Aldeburgh, England, 4 Dec. 1976.
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Benjamin Britten: Les Illuminations; Sinfonia da Requiem; Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo
1995
Schubert: Lieder; Britten: On This Island; Morike Lieder
1999
Schubert: Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano; Bridge: Sonata for Cello and Piano
1995
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia; Phaedra
1990
Britten the Performer
1996
Britten the Collection [Bonus CD]
2000
