Benjamin Britten

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composer conductor human opera composer pianist

Benjamin Britten was a prominent 20th-century English composer, conductor, and pianist best known for works such as the opera "Peter Grimes" and "The War Requiem."

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Label Occurrences
Benjamin Britten canonical 37
Britten 1
Edward Benjamin Britten 1

Statements (61)

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instanceOf composer ⓘ
conductor ⓘ
human ⓘ
opera composer ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
awardReceived Britten–Pears Foundation recognition ⓘ
Companion of Honour ⓘ
surface form: Companion of Honour (United Kingdom)

Order of Merit ⓘ
surface form: Order of Merit (United Kingdom)
burialPlace Aldeburgh Parish Churchyard, Suffolk, England ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
coFounded Aldeburgh Festival ⓘ
collaboratedWith Peter Pears ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1913-11-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1976-12-04 ⓘ
educatedAt Royal College of Music ⓘ
familyName Benjamin Britten self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Britten
founded English Opera Group ⓘ
fullName Benjamin Britten self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Edward Benjamin Britten
genre art song ⓘ
chamber music ⓘ
choral music ⓘ
opera ⓘ
orchestral music ⓘ
givenName Benjamin ⓘ
Edward ⓘ
influenced Harrison Birtwistle ⓘ
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies ⓘ
surface form: Peter Maxwell Davies
influencedBy Gustav Mahler ⓘ
Henry Purcell ⓘ
Igor Stravinsky ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf House of Lords ⓘ
surface form: House of Lords of the United Kingdom
movement 20th-century classical music ⓘ
notableWork A Midsummer Night's Dream ⓘ
surface form: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Albert Herring ⓘ
Billy Budd ⓘ
Les Illuminations ⓘ
surface form: Les Illuminations, Op. 18

Peter Grimes ⓘ
Peter Grimes ⓘ
surface form: Peter Grimes (opera)

Peter Grimes, Op. 33 ⓘ
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31 ⓘ
Simple Symphony, Op. 4 ⓘ
Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 ⓘ
The Turn of the Screw ⓘ
Britten War Requiem ⓘ
surface form: The War Requiem

Britten War Requiem ⓘ
surface form: War Requiem (choral work)

Britten War Requiem ⓘ
surface form: War Requiem, Op. 66

Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
conductor ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
partner Peter Pears ⓘ
placeOfBirth Lowestoft ⓘ
surface form: Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
placeOfDeath Aldeburgh ⓘ
surface form: Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
residence Aldeburgh ⓘ
surface form: Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England
sexualOrientation gay ⓘ
studentOf Frank Bridge ⓘ
title Baron Britten of Aldeburgh ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

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W. H. Auden → coAuthor → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
Te Deum → hasNotableSettingBy → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
Psalm 150 → hasMusicalSettingsBy → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
Decca Records → notableArtistRecorded → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
Royal College of Music → hasNotableAlumni → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
Gustav Mahler → influenced → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
Maurice Ravel → influenced → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
Death in Venice → operaComposer → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
Carmen Saeculare → composer → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
Carmen Saeculare → hasComposer → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
Suffolk, England → hasCulturalAssociation → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
Koussevitzky Music Foundation → notableCommissionedComposer → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
Glyndebourne → performsWorksBy → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
Glyndebourne → commissionedWorksBy → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
Yehudi Menuhin → performedWith → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
Gresham's School → hasNotableAlumnus → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
Benjamin Britten → fullName → Benjamin Britten self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edward Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten → familyName → Benjamin Britten self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Britten
Paul Bunyan → composer → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
BBC Symphony Orchestra → commissionedWorksFrom → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
Opera Australia → performsWorkBy → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
Billy Budd → operaComposer → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
Léonie Sonning Music Prize → notableLaureate → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
Britten War Requiem → composer → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
subject surface form: War Requiem
Gustav Holst → influenced → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
Boosey & Hawkes → hasNotableComposer → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
Walter Hussey → commissionedFrom → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
Walter Hussey → composer → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
subject surface form: Rejoice in the Lamb
Arthur Benjamin → taught → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
Lennox Berkeley → collaboratedWith → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
Béla Bartók → influenced → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
Westminster Cathedral Choir → performsRepertoireBy → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
Britten Sinfonia → namedAfter → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
Aldeburgh → associatedWith → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
Snape → foundedBy → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
subject surface form: Aldeburgh Festival
Aldeburgh Festival → founder → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
Aldeburgh Festival → associatedWith → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
Royal Opera House Chorus → performsWorksBy → Benjamin Britten ⓘ
Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal → notableRecipient → Benjamin Britten ⓘ