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Sir Edward Benjamin Britten (ur. 22 listopada 1913 w Lowestoft, zm. 4 grudnia 1976 w Aldeburghu) – angielski kompozytor, dyrygent i pianista, uchodzący za najwybitniejszego kompozytora brytyjskiego XX wieku [1].
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.
27 wrz 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.
Gloriana - 3 acts - English. Libretto by William Plomer based on 'Elizabeth and Essex' by Lytton Strachey. First performance at Royal Opera House, London on 8 June 1953. The Turn of the Screw - 2 acts - English. Libretto by Myfanwy Piper based on the novella by Henry James.
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.
His rare balance of tradition and innovation has allowed him to emerge alongside Janáček and Shostakovich, if not as one of the iconoclasts, then as one of the central figures of 20th-century European music.
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.
