Benjamin Britten (Composer)
Born: 22nd November 1913, Lowestoft
Died: 4th December 1976, Aldeburgh
Nationality: English
Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten 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 Peter Grimes (1945), the War Requiem (1962) and the orchestral showpiece The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (1945).
Born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, the son of a dentist, Britten showed talent from an early age. He studied at the Royal College of Music in London and privately with the composer Frank Bridge.
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Popular Works: Britten
- A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28 (7)
- A Charm of Lullabies for mezzo-soprano and pianoforte, Op. 41 (4)
- At the mid hour of night (5)
- Come ye not from Newcastle? (8)
- Courtly Dances from Gloriana, Op. 53 (5)
- Down by the Salley Gardens (14)
- Early one Morning (6)
- Eho! Eho! (5)
- Fileuse (5)
- Greensleeves (6)
- Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27 (5)
- I Will Give my Love an Apple (5)
- La belle est au jardin d'amour (5)
- La Noel Passée (5)
- Le Roi s'en va-t'en chasse (5)
- Little Sir William (5)
- Master Kilby (5)
- Noye's Fludde (7)
- O can ye sew cushions? (6)
- O Waly, Waly (13)
- Oliver Cromwell (7)
- Quand j’étais chez mon père (5)
- Rejoice in the Lamb, Op. 30 (6)
- Sail on (6)
- Soirées musicales (after Rossini), Op. 9 (5)
- St Nicolas, Op. 42 (9)
- Suite from Welcome Ode (8)
- Sweet Polly Oliver (6)
- The Ash Grove (8)
- The Bonny Earl o' Moray (6)
- The Brisk Young Widow (5)
- The Building of the House (37)
- The Burning Fiery Furnace, Op. 77 (4)
- The foggy, foggy dew (4)
- The Holly and the Ivy (4)
- The Little Sweep, Op. 45 (5)
- The Plough Boy (6)
- The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 (5)
- There's none to soothe (6)
- War Requiem, Op. 66 (8)
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