About Benjamin Britten
Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten of Aldeburgh, OM (1913–1976) was a British composer, conductor, and pianist. Britten was born on 22nd November 1913 in Lowestoft in Suffolk, the son of a dentist and a talented amateur musician. He began composing prolifically as a child, and in 1927 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.
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Valse in B Major
A Hymn to the Virgin
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Frolicsome Finale
This little Babe
Night Piece (Notturno) (1963)
War Requiem Op.66;I. Requiem Aeternam
Friday Afternoons, Op. 7: Cuckoo!
Simple Symphony, Op. 4: II. Playful Pizzicato
The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra: Variations And Fugue On A Theme Of Henry Purcell, Op. 34: Theme
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