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The Purcell Collection Medium Low Voice Realizations by Benjamin Britten (Boosey & Hawkes Voice) by Britten, 2008-06-01 Britten's Gloriana Essays and Sources (Aldeburgh Studies in Music) by Paul Banks, 1993-06-03 Quatre Chansons Francais (Score) (Faber Edition) by Benjamin Britten, 1998-12-01 Benjamin Britten - Complete Folksong Arrangements: 61 Songs Benjamin Britten a Biography by Humphrey Carpenter, 2003-01-20 Letters from a Life: The Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, 1913-1976: Volume Five: 1958-1965 (Selected Letters of Britten) by Philip Reed, 2010-10-21 Benjamin Britten (20th Century Composers) by Michael Oliver, 2008-04-23 Benjamin Britten & Samuel Barber: Their Lives and Their Music (Amadeus) by Daniel Felsenfeld, 2005-11-29 Nocturnal After John Dowland: Op. 70 The Operas of Benjamin Britten by David Herbert, 1998-04-21 February House:The Story of W. H. Auden, Carson McCullers, Jane and Paul Bowles, Benjamin Britten, and Gypsy Rose Lee, Under One Roof in Brooklyn by Sherill Tippins, 2006-07-12 Henry Purcell - 12 Selected Songs: Realizations by Benjamin Britten High Voice (Boosey & Hawkes Voice) by Benjamin Britten, 2009-06-01 The Operas of Benjamin Britten: The Complete Librettos : Illustrated With Costume and Set Designs of the First Productions by Benjamin Britten, David Herbert, 1979-10 The Purcell Collection High Voice Realizations by Benjamin Britten (Boosey & Hawkes Voice) by Britten, 2008-06-01

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1. Benjamin Britten - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
   The Scallop by Maggi Hambling is a sculpture dedicated to Benjamin Britten on the beach at Aldeburgh. The edge of the shell is pierced with the words I  
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   Extractions: Jump to: navigation search "Britten" redirects here. For the surname in general, see Britten (surname) Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten of Aldeburgh OM CH 22 November 4 December ) was a British composer conductor violist , and pianist Britten was born in Lowestoft in Suffolk , the son of a dentist and a talented amateur musician. His birthday, 22 November , is the feast-day of Saint Cecilia , the patron saint of music, and he showed musical gifts very early in life. He began composing prolifically as a child, and was educated at Old Buckenham Hall School in Suffolk , a small all-boys prep school , and Gresham's School Holt . In 1927, he began private lessons with Frank Bridge . He also studied, less happily, at the Royal College of Music under John Ireland and with some input from Ralph Vaughan Williams . Although ultimately held back by his parents (at the suggestion of College staff), Britten had also intended to study with Alban Berg in Vienna. His first compositions to attract wide attention were the

2. Benjamin Britten
   Benjamin Britten home page at www.boosey.com. Discover his music, listen to soundclips, read a composer biography. Explore information, news, performances  
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3. About Benjamin Britten
   Benjamin Britten, b. November 22 1913, d. December 4 1976. As a child, Britten attended Gresham s School and composed many of his early works in what is now  
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   Extractions: About Benjamin Britten Benjamin Britten, b. November 22 1913, d. December 4 1976. As a child, Britten attended Gresham's School and composed many of his early works in what is now the boarding house which has been named after him. After leaving Gresham's Britten went on to train at the Royal College Of Music. His early works comprise incidental music for films and radio dramas and also music to accompany plays by his friend and peer at Gresham's W. H. Auden Recognition of Britten's talent came early in his career, and by the end of the thirties he was on his way to a three year composing spree in the United States, the result of which was one Opera Setting, a violin concerto and seven sonets, one of which was written for Peter Pears, a friend for whom Britten composed many Operas and songs. Some of Britten's most well known pieces of music are Peter Grimes, The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra and Rejoice in the Lamb, and of course many, many more. Britten was made a life peer in 1976. Click here to return to main page.

4. Benjamin Britten - Wikipedia
   Translate this page Edward Benjamin Britten (Lowestoft (Suffolk) 22 november 1913 – Aldeburgh (Suffolk), 4 december 1976) was een Engelse componist, pianist en dirigent.  
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   Extractions: Ga naar: navigatie zoeken Edward Benjamin Britten Lowestoft Suffolk 22 november Aldeburgh (Suffolk), 4 december ) was een Engelse componist pianist en dirigent . In Engeland wordt hij wel beschreven als de grootste componist sinds Henry Purcell en hij was zeer zeker ©©n van de meest prominente klassieke componisten van de 20e eeuw Britten volgde les aan Gresham's School te Holt Norfolk . Hij was leerling piano bij Harold Samuel en leerling compositie bij Frank Bridge Dankzij een beurs kon hij studeren aan het Royal College of Music in Londen bij John Ireland en Arthur Benjamin Na al enige muziek te hebben geschreven voor documentaires (zie rubriek filmmuziek), kwam zijn doorbraak door de uitvoering van Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge , dat zijn premi¨re kreeg op het Salzburg Festival in 1937. Door de daaropvolgende composities, met name Sinfonia da Requiem en Serenade , werd hem de leidende rol in Britse klassieke muziek toebedicht. Van tot woonde Britten in de Verenigde Staten .In 1945 volgde de premi¨re van zijn tweede opera Peter Grimes , dat leidde tot de erkenning als dramaturg.

5. Benjamin Britten --  Britannica Online Encyclopedia
   Britannica online encyclopedia article on Benjamin Britten leading British composer of the mid20th century, whose operas are considered the finest English  
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6. Decca Music Group - Benjamin Britten
   Benjamin Britten Britten Conducts Britten Operas 2 475 6029 6 DC10 Pear / Britten Serenade for Tenor, horn and strings/Les Illuminations/Nocturnes  
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7. Benjamin Britten - Wikipedia
   Translate this page Benjamin Britten wurde als viertes und letztes Kind des Zahnarztes Robert Victor und seiner Ehefrau Edith Rhoda Britten geboren. Mit fünf Jahren erhielt er  
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   Extractions: Wechseln zu: Navigation Suche Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten of Aldeburgh 22. November in Lowestoft 4. Dezember in Aldeburgh ) war ein bedeutender englischer Komponist Dirigent und Pianist Benjamin Britten wurde als viertes und letztes Kind des Zahnarztes Robert Victor und seiner Ehefrau Edith Rhoda Britten geboren. Mit f¼nf Jahren erhielt er von seiner Mutter die ersten Klavierstunden. Im Jahr 1921 schrieb Britten seine ersten Kompositionen. W¤hrend der Schulzeit wurde er im Klavier- und Bratschenspiel unterrichtet. 1930 studierte er Klavier und Komposition am Royal College of Music in London , das er 1933 verlieŸ. Britten besuchte wie der Dichter W. H. Auden die Gresham's School in Norfolk – ihre Bekanntschaft begann jedoch nicht dort, sie besuchten die Schule nacheinander. Vielmehr begegneten sie sich w¤hrend Brittens T¤tigkeit f¼r die GPO. Film Unit im Jahre 1935. Auden hat ihn nicht nur pers¶nlich, sondern auch k¼nstlerisch beeinflusst. Einige Texte Audens wurden von ihm vertont (z. B. Our Hunting Fathers , op. 8 und

8. San Francisco Bach Choir: Benjamin Britten
   Benjamin Britten, also know as the Baron Britten of Aldeburgh, wrote many popular works, all in a traditional vein, including A Ceremony of Carols (1942),  
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   Extractions: Benjamin Britten, also know as the Baron Britten of Aldeburgh, wrote many popular works, all in a traditional vein, including A Ceremony of Carols (1945), and the great War Requiem (1962). His operas include Peter Grimes The Turn of the Screw (1954), and Death in Venice (1973). In 1976 Queen Elizabeth II named him a life peer. For more information about the life and music of COMPOSER NAME, check out these other websites: Rejoice in the Lamb, Op. 30

9. Benjamin Britten
   Benjamin Britten (19131976). Works by Benjamin Britten performed by I Medici di McGill. Soirées Musicales. Public Concert, 2007/11/26. Soirées Musicales  
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   Extractions: I Medici di McGill Orchestra Home Next Concert ... Resources... Benjamin Britten Works by Benjamin Britten performed by I Medici di McGill: Soirées Musicales Public Concert, 2007/11/2 Soirées Musicales Public Concert, 2000/11/20 Simple Symphony Concert for the 16th World Congress of Epidemiology, 2002-08-19 Some web site of interest Classical Music Pages more to come... da capo Send mail to Webmaster with questions or comments about this web site.

10. Benjamin Britten@Everything2.com
    Benjamin Britten, born in 1913, was a British composer of some note. His music, usually operatic and written for choral voices and accompaniment,  
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11. Benjamin Britten Page
    An exploration of benjamin britten s War Requiem and related compositions, with a biography, sound clips, and links.  
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12. Benjamin Britten
    Classical Music Pages article with photograph and links from The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music.  
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    Extractions: Detailed Information about Introduction (born Lowestoft, 22 November 1913; died Aldeburgh, 4 December 1976). He studied with Frank Bridge as a boy and in 1930 entered the RCM. In 1934 he heard Wozzeck and planned to study with Berg , but opposition at home stopped him. The next year he began working for the GPO Film Unit, where one of his collaborators was Auden: together they worked on concert works as well, Auden's social criticism being matched by a sharply satirical and virtuoso musical style (orchestral song cycle Our Hunting Fathers Stravinsky and Mahler were important influences, but Britten's effortless technique gave his early music a high personal definition, notably shown in orchestral works (Bridge Variations for strings, 1937; Piano Concerto, 1938; Violin Concerto, 1939) and songs ( Les illuminations , setting Rimbaud for high voice and strings, 1939). In 1939 he left England for the USA, with his lifelong companion Peter Pears; there he wrote his first opera, to Auden's libretto (

13. Benjamin BRITTEN: Biographical Outline (1):Introduction And Reputation By Rob Ba
    The Development of benjamin britten within Opera by Damian Oxborough Commentary on Rob Barnett s biography of benjamin britten  
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    Extractions: The principal works of Benjamin Britten A chronology of his works Updated Discography (2006) The Development of Benjamin Britten within Opera by Damian Oxborough 25 Year tribute: Ripe for reassessment by Roy Brewer Commentary on Rob Barnett's biography of Benjamin Britten These documents were commissioned by the kind receipt of a donation to further the work of this web-site which is otherwise financially unsupported. We are grateful to Edward Morgan and the Britten-Pears Foundation for the provision of photographs. Len Mullenger Britten-Pears Library INTRODUCTION AND REPUTATION At the same time, his name is a homophone for his country of origin. His country of origin is easy to remember; one recalls the other. This factor may also have contributed to the diaspora of his music: Britten from Britain; Great Britten from Great Britain. Banal or not, this factor played its part alongside the intrinsic qualities and values of the music.

14. Biography: Benjamin Britten
    Life, selected works, and recommended bibliography from OperaGlass.  
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    Extractions: 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). He was educated locally, and studied, first, piano, and then, later, viola, from private teachers. He began to compose as early as 1919, and after about 1922, composed steadily until his death. At a concert in 1927, conducted by composer Frank Bridge, he met Bridge, later showed him several of his compositions, and ultimately Bridge took him on as a private pupil. After two years at Gresham's School in Holt, Norfolk, he entered the Royal College of Music in London (1930) where he studied composition with John Ireland and piano with Arthur Benjamin. During his stay at the RCM he won several prizes for his compositions. He completed a choral work, A Boy was Born, in 1933; at a rehearsal for a broadcast performance of the work by the BBC Singers, he met tenor Peter Pears, the beginning of a lifelong personal and professional relationship. (Many of Britten's solo songs, choral and operatic works feature the tenor voice, and Pears was the designated soloist at many of their premieres.) From about 1935 until the beginning of World War II, Britten did a great deal of composing for the GPO Film Unit, for BBC Radio, and for small, usually left-wing, theater groups in London. During this period he met and worked frequently with the poet W. H. Auden who provided texts for numerous songs as well as complete scripts for which Britten provided incidental music.

15. Benjamin Britten Biography. Download Classical Music By Benjamin Britten
    benjamin britten (1913 1976) Classical music and classical hit collection. Compilations of benjamin britten classics and listen to its finest classical  
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    Extractions: Naxos Worldwide Sites: Choose Country Global Site Australia Canada China Denmark Finland France Germany Hong Kong Japan Korea New Zealand Norway Sweden UK USA E-mail Password New Releases Artists Composers Labels ... B Benjamin Britten must be accepted as the most outstanding English composer working in the mid-20th century, winning a significant international reputation, while remaining thoroughly English in inspiration, a feat his immediate predecessors had been unable fully to achieve. Operas Britten won a triumph in 1945 with his opera Peter Grimes, first staged when the Sadler's Wells in London re-opened after the 1939-1945 war. The aspirations of the central character, the fisherman Peter Grimes, a man at odds with the community in which he lives, are frustrated by a combination of social pressure and sheer chance, leading to the suicide of the protagonist. The drama is set against the background of the sea, in various moods, summarised in the Four Sea Interludes that form an evocative part of concert repertoire. Britten's subsequent operas, including the Church Parables that draw inspiration from Japan and the remarkable operatic version of Thomas Mann's Death in Venice, Britten's last opera, constitute a very significant element in dramatic and operatic repertoire. Orchestral Music Britten was strongly influenced in his music and in his life by the tenor Peter Pears. For him he wrote a quantity of songs, including the splendid Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, and the evocative Nocturne, incomparable settings of the words of various English poets, with a number of other settings of poets from Michelangelo to Thomas Hardy, for tenor and piano. His folk-song arrangements have pleased a wide audience. Major choral works include the War Requiem, a work that combines the text of the Latin Requiem with the war poems of Wilfred Owen, an expression of Britten's own pacifism.

16. Classical Net - Basic Repertoire List - Britten
    Young Person s Guide To The Orchestra ; Simple Symphony Op. 4, Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge Op. 10/London 4175092 benjamin britten/English  
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17. Benjamin Britten
    Main life events, list of works, discography, many links.  
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    Extractions: Benjamin Britten Benjamin Britten was one of Britain's greatest composers and musicians. He was a prolific composer (see works list ), contributing works in many forms. He is especially known for his operas and other vocal works, many of which he composed for his partner Peter Pears. He was also an extremely sensitive accompanist and conductor of his own works and the works of other composers. 1913 - Born 22 November (St. Cecilia's Day) 1919 - Begins composing. 1928 - Begins regular composition lessons with Frank Bridge. 1930 - Begins studies at the Royal College of Music with John Ireland (composition) and Arthur Benjamin (Piano) 1931 - Wins Farrar Prize for composition (R.C.M.) 1933 - Meets Schoenberg. Wins Farrar Prize for composition (R.C.M.) Passes A.R.C.M. exams. 1934 - His father dies. Meets Peter Pears (briefly). 1935 - Works with the G.P.O. as composer. Meets W. H. Auden. 1936 - Signs a publishing contract with Boosey and Hawkes. Joins the staff of the G.P.O. Film Unit. 1937 - Mother dies. Friendship with Peter Pears begins.

18. Britten Pears Foundation - Brittenpears.org
    Welcome to the brittenPears Foundation, established to promote the musical legacy of benjamin britten and Peter Pears. britten was one of the foremost  
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    Extractions: Search this site: Welcome to the Britten-Pears Foundation , established to promote the musical legacy of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears . Britten was one of the foremost composers of the 20th century and developed with the tenor Peter Pears a creative partnership which both inspired Britten's music and led to the founding of the English Opera Group and the Aldeburgh Festival . The Britten-Pears Foundation website is the hub of information about Britten and Pears, and the work of the Foundation and the Britten Estate . It is also the portal to the comprehensive research resources of the Britten-Pears Library To coincide with four performances of War Requiem in Los Angeles, we have made a film introducing this masterpiece. We have changed our grant-giving policy to focus on commissioning new music. Click here for the 2008 guidelines Regular users may like to bookmark the new location of our online archive catalogue, which has just moved to a new host server. Oboe Classics is offering users of this website a discount on George Caird's new multimedia study of Britten's Six Metamorphoses after Ovid Arizona Opera Los Angeles Philharmonic / Los Angeles Children's Chorus / Los Angeles Master Chorale

19. Benjamin Britten (Composer, Conductor) - Short Biography
    In 1939 benjamin britten left England for the USA, with his lifelong companion Peter Pears; there he wrote his first opera, to Auden s libretto (Paul Bunyan  
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    Extractions: Died: December 4, 1976 - Aldeburgh, England The renowned English composer, who was also a gifted conductor and pianist, Benjamin (Edward) Britten, studied with Frank Bridge as a boy and in 1930 entered the RCM. In 1934 he heard Wozzeck and planned to study with Berg, but opposition at home stopped him. The next year he began working for the GPO Film Unit, where one of his collaborators was Auden: together they worked on concert works as well, Auden's social criticism being matched by a sharply satirical and virtuoso musical style (orchestral song cycle Our Hunting Fathers 1936). Stravinsky and Mahler were important influences, but Britten's effortless technique gave his early music a high personal definition, notably shown in orchestral works ( Bridge Variations for strings Piano Concerto Violin Concerto , 1939) and songs ( Les illuminations , setting Rimbaud for high voice and strings, 1939).

20. Benjamin Britten
    In 1941, benjamin britten, then a struggling young classical composer, visited the U.S. for several months. In the course of his wanderings, he ended up on  
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    Extractions: In 1941, Benjamin Britten, then a struggling young classical composer, visited the U.S. for several months. In the course of his wanderings, he ended up on Long Island, and took the opportunity to spend some time as the guest of my grandfather, who was very active in the local classical music scene. He spend a weekend building model airplanes with my father (14 at the time) and working a bit in the store. When it was time to leave, he made the surprising announcement that he was giving up writing music and wanted to go to work for my grandfather full-time. My grandfather thought he was crazy. He'd already had pieces performed by major orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic. My grandfather point blank refused to take him up on the offer. "What do you want?" he asked. "Blood?" Eventually, Britten changed his mind and went back to England to become a major success as a composer of opera music. In 1992, Humphrey Carpenter was writing a biography of Britten. During the course of writing, he got in contact with my father. They corresponded and Carpenter used photos of my father and grandfather in the book. Then, Carpenter invited my father as a guest to the Alderburgh Music Festival (founded by Britten). By that time, the book (with photos) was already published in England . He was wined and dined at a special reception for patrons of the festival, and people kept coming up to him, saying, "I know you. You're Bobby Rothman." My father was delighted at being a celebrity.

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