BBC Radio 3 Composer of the Week, Benjamin Britten (19131976) Episode guide

Benjamin Britten finally gets his due at centennial The Beginner's Guide to Benjamin Britten. One of the 20 th Century's foremost composers, Benjamin Britten has become one of modern opera's most prominent names, often compared with Vaughan Williams, Elgar and Holst. Best known for his opera Peter Grimes, learn more about Britain's own, almost titular, composer.

English composer Benjamin Britten conducting, June 1976. News Photo Getty Images 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. 2. Britten's health

Neil Powell’s ‘Benjamin Britten A Life for Music’ The New York Times Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 - 4 December 1976) was an English composer, conductor and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British classical music, with a range of works including opera, other vocal music, orchestral and chamber pieces.

Benjamin Britten, British Composer Photograph by Everett Benjamin Britten (born November 22, 1913, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England—died December 4, 1976, Aldeburgh, Suffolk) 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.

Composer Benjamin Britten. (22 November 1913 4 December 1976) was an English composer Learning to let go of infuriating experiences is a valuable life skill. Yet in this year of extensive international festivities for the centennial of the English composer Benjamin Britten, I have.

BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week, Benjamin Britten A Life in the Twentieth Century, Episode 1 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.

The startling secret of Benjamin Britten London Evening Standard Evening Standard 22 November 1913 - 4 December 1976 Britten was born, by happy coincidence, on St. Cecilia's Day, at the family home in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England. His father was a dentist. He was the youngest of four children, with a brother, Robert (1907), and two sisters, Barbara (1902) and Beth (1909).

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Benjamin Britten, Famous Composer Painting by Esoterica Art Agency Fine Art America Edward Benjamin Britten was born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, on the 22 November 1913, the feast day of Cecilia, patron saint of music. His mother Edith was an enthusiastic amateur pianist and singer and although she encouraged all of her children (Britten had three siblings) to play the piano it was Benjamin whom she regarded as specially gifted.

Benjamin Britten’s Lost Score for ‘Les Sylphides’ The New York Times Paul Bunyan, Op. 17: Operetta in two acts, 114'. Libretto by W. H. Auden, after the American folktale. Premiered on 5 May 1941 at Brander Matthews Hall, New York. Published by Faber Music. Peter Grimes, Op. 33: Opera in a prologue and three acts, 147'. Libretto by Montagu Slater, after the poem The Borough by George Crabbe.

Benjamin Britten Aspen Music Festival And School A portrait of the composer Benjamin Britten from 1948. Denis De Marney/Getty Images British composer Benjamin Britten was born 100 years ago this Friday, Nov. 22.

BBC Radio 3 Composer of the Week, Benjamin Britten (19131976) Episode guide The British composer Benjamin Britten is well documented on disc and in print, frequently performed, lionized by many — especially those in the opera world — and often referred to as The Greatest British Composer Since Purcell (which either praises him or damns him with faint praise).

Benjamin Britten Steinway & Sons Benjamin Britten was born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, on the east coast of England, on 22 November 1913.

Act Like You Know Benjamin Britten NCPR News Canticles (Britten) Canticles. (Britten) The Canticles constitute a series of five musical works by composer Benjamin Britten. The pieces were written at various points in his career, with three of them written as memorials. Instrumentation differs on each piece, and several are based on non-sacred texts. A review in Opera Today notes, "Britten.

Benjamin Britten PeopleMusic Pinterest particularly devoted fans of Britten, the composer who dominated four decades of British music before his death in 1976, consider A Midsummer Night's Dream not only the best opera ever based on.

English composer and pianist Benjamin Britten , circa 1949. News Photo Getty Images Benjamin Britten was the most prominent and prolific English composer of the mid-twentieth century. He was born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, to a middle-class family. His childhood was infused with music, and he began to compose at an astonishingly early age; some say from the age of five, others from age nine.