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Edward Benjamin Britten, Barón Britten, (Lowestoft, 22 de noviembre de 1913-Aldeburgh, 4 de diciembre de 1976) fue un compositor, director de orquesta y pianista británico. Fue una figura central de la música británica del siglo XX, con un abanico de obras que incluye ópera, otra música vocal y piezas orquestales y de cámara.
Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976, aged 63) 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.
Benjamin Britten (Lowestoft, 1913 - Aldeburg, 1976) Compositor y pianista británico. Músico precoz, desde su más tierna infancia se sintió atraído por la composición.
Benjamin Britten (born November 22, 1913, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England—died December 4, 1976, Aldeburgh, Suffolk) 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.
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Benjamin Britten (whose first name was officially Edward) was born on November 22nd, 1913, in the East Suffolk town of Lowestoft, England, to middle-class parents. Growing up in a nurturing and musically inclined household, his mother was an amateur singer and his father a dentist with a keen interest in music. Britten showed remarkable musical tal...
Composing music for documentary films, experimental theatre, and BBC features in the 1930s paved the way for Britten’s interest in writing opera, and his earliest work in the genre was Paul Bunyan(1941) to a libretto by W. H. Auden. Peter Grimes, premiered by Sadler’s Wells Opera (later ENO) a month after VE Day (1945), was a turning point in Benja...
In his final twelve years, Britten created notable works including the opera Death in Venice(1973) and three cello suites for Rostropovich – hailed as on par with Bach’s masterpieces. His last compositions, crafted after an unsuccessful heart operation, bravely confronted mortality – as seen in pieces like Phaedra(1975) and the last movement of the...
- November 22, 1913
- December 4, 1976
Analizamos cómo la obra personal del ilustre compositor inglés Benjamin Britten ha sido objeto de discusiones y controversias entre aficionados y académicos por igual. Un debate que esconde prejuicios anacrónicos en el mundo de la música académica. Por Iván Gordin.
Edward Benjamin Britten, Barón Britten, fue un compositor, director de orquesta y pianista británico. Fue una figura central de la música británica del siglo XX, con un abanico de obras que incluye ópera, otra música vocal y piezas orquestales y de cámara.
