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Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) 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.
Sep 27, 2024 · 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 (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.
Nov 20, 2013 · Now we can finally celebrate the centenary of Benjamin Britten for real. In anticipation of the actual date of the composer’s birth on 22 November, all eyes and ears turn to Britten’s hometown...
Biography: Benjamin Britten. (Edward) Benjamin Britten. 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).
Edward Benjamin Britten was one of Britain’s leading composers of the 20 th Century. Born in Lowestoft, Suffolk in 1913, he was exposed to music throughout his childhood courtesy of his mother, a keen amateur singer.
May 23, 2018 · Composer, conductor, and pianist Benjamin Britten was a giant of mid-twentieth-century British music. The creator of War Requiem, one of the most performed pieces of classical music, he wrote an important body of songs for amateurs and, perhaps most importantly, revived modern British opera.
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.
One of his nation’s most celebrated composers, Benjamin Britten had an unparalleled impact on the English operatic repertoire. In 2008, the Met assembled the below reflections on this musical genius from some of his friends and colleagues.
Born in Lowestoft in 1913, Benjamin Britten studied with Frank Bridge and composed, when he was 10, a Simple Symphony. He truly made his mark in the musical world with Phantasy-Quartet, composed for oboe and strings and created in 1934 in Florence.
