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Apr 12, 2024 · Benjamin Britten. 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. His best-known works include the opera ...
- List of Compositions by Benjamin Britten
Op. 88, Death in Venice, opera (libretto by Myfanwy Piper,...
- The Young Person's Guide to The Orchestra
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34, is a 1945...
- War Requiem
The War Requiem, Op. 66, is a British choral and orchestral...
- Peter Grimes
Peter Grimes, Op. 33, is an opera in three acts by Benjamin...
- John Ireland
John Nicholson Ireland (13 August 1879 – 12 June 1962) was...
- List of Compositions by Benjamin Britten
3 days ago · Edward Elgar, c. 1900. Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO ( / ˈɛlɡɑːr / ⓘ; [1] 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the ...
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4 days ago · Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March [O.S. 21 March] 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period.He is known for his prolific authorship of music across a variety of instruments and forms, including; orchestral music such as the Brandenburg Concertos; solo instrumental works such as the cello suites and sonatas and partitas for solo violin; keyboard works ...
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1 day ago · Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath and writer, who is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a profound and wide-ranging influence on Western literary , political , and philosophical thought from the late 18th century to the present day.
2 days ago · John Locke (/ l ɒ k /; 29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "father of liberalism".
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Apr 3, 2024 · Herbert Lambert / National Portrait Gallery. Edward Elgar was one of Britain's most famous composers and the man behind the world-renowned Pomp and Circumstance. We celebrate by looking at his life's achievements and the Elgar Birthplace Museum and Elgar Center in Worcestershire. “I've got a tune that will knock ’em—knock ’em flat ...
1 day ago · Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 [ OS 7 September] – 13 December 1784), often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography calls him "arguably the most ...
