21. Benjamin Britten Benjamin Britten and the Rothmans. In 1941, Benjamin Britten, then a struggling young classical composer, visited the US for several months. http://www.sff.net/people/rothman/britten.htm

Benjamin Britten and the Rothmans 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. Fifty Years Later 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.

22. Britten, Benjamin (1913 - 1976) britten, benjamin (1913 1976) benjamin britten must be accepted as the most outstanding English composer working http://www.hnh.com/composer/britten.htm

Britten, Benjamin (1913 - 1976) 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 Recommended Recordings A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Naxos 8.550335

23. Benjamin Britten Epoch Since 1945 Country England. benjamin britten (19131976). benjamin britten, Peter Pears, Detailed Information about. Picture http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/britten.html

Epoch: Since 1945 Country: England Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears Detailed Information about Picture Gallery List of Works Bibliography 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 (

24. Benjamin Britten High School - Lowestoft Suffolk UK About the school, it's facilities, subjects and other community activities. Based in north Lowestoft. http://www.bbhs.org.uk

Site Map Welcome to www.bbhs.org.uk Quick Links: Learn about our school View the School Calender Ex-pupil? Click here! Student's Area Welcome to Benjamin Britten High School. This site is designed for both our current students and parents, prospective parents and ex-students. We aim to provide concise and interesting information and resources. To learn more about our school, click here - otherwise, please use the menu at the top of the page to navigate yourself around this site. Find out about your Clubs Careers Advice Help with a subject: Choose a Subject Art Business Studies Design Technology Drama English Geography History ICT Languages Leisure and Tourism Maths Media Music PE Social Ethics Science School News What's New? - Latest Addition to our Website: Click here for our latest news and announcements School Tops League Table - Click here D.Reynolds

25. Benjamin Britten Page An exploration of benjamin britten s War Requiem and related compositions, with a biography, sound clips, and links. benjamin britten. http://www.its.caltech.edu/~tan/Britten/

Mu 123 Project Spring 1996 Benjamin Britten This site is a research project about Britten, done for Mu 123 at Caltech The particular focus is his War Requiem Use the links below to access the main areas of the project. Biographical Information War Requiem Britten Links Bibliography ... Index Page This page has been visited times. This page was entirely written in vi Send mail to Tom or Cyrus: nidayt@cco.caltech.edu behroozi@fas.harvard.edu

26. Biography: Benjamin Britten Life, selected works, and recommended bibliography from OperaGlass. http://rick.stanford.edu/opera/Britten/bio.html

(Edward) Benjamin Britten 22 November 1913 - 4 December 1976 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.

27. BRITTEN, Benjamin :Gilder-MusicWeb Dictionary Of Composers britten, benjamin b Lowestoft, 22 November 1913 d Aldeburgh, 4 December 1976, aged sixtythree. His father was a dental surgeon, his mother a singer. http://www.musicweb.uk.net/Classpedia/Britten.htm

BRITTEN, Benjamin b Lowestoft, 22 November 1913 d Aldeburgh, 4 December 1976, aged sixty-three 'Hymn to the Virgin' Sinfonietta for chamber orchestra Phantasy Quartet for oboe and string trio A Boy was Born, choral variations for men's, women's and boys' voices unaccompanied with organ ad lib Two Part-songs for chorus and piano Friday Afternoons, twelve children's songs with piano (1933-5) Simple Symphony, for string orchestra (based entirely on material which the composer wrote between the ages of nine and twelve) Suite for violin and piano (1934-5) Holiday Diary, suite for piano Te Deum in C major Our Hunting Fathers, song cycle Mont Juic, suite of Catalan Dances for orchestra (with Berkeley, L. qv) Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, for strings On This Island, song cycle Piano Concerto No 1 in D major (revised 1945) Violin Concerto in D minor (revised 1958) Canadian Carnival, for orchestra (1939-40) Ballad of Heroes, for high voice, choir and orchestra Les Illuminations, song cycle Diversions on a Theme, for piano (left hand)

28. Benjamin Britten: Ripoe For Reassesment? Roy Brewer : MusicWeb A survey of the musical output of the composer, with reflections on his sexuality. http://www.musicweb.uk.net/classrev/2001/Sept01/Britten_Brewer.htm

Classical Editor: Rob Barnett Founder Len Mullenger: Len@musicweb.uk.net MusicWeb Internet powered by FreeFind RIPE FOR REASSESSMENT? Benjamin Britten, 1913-1976 By Roy Brewer Will this year's 25th anniversary of Britten's death lead to a wider recognition of his place as the most important figure in the younger generation of twentieth century English composers? I am cautiously optimistic, though if it does it will be long overdue. There will of course be the usual tributes and, one hopes, more opportunities to hear his less-frequently-performed works; but a broader based, more mature understanding of the music itself could take longer, for Britten never got under the skin of the public as did such conspicuously "English" composers as Elgar and Vaughan Williams. This should not be surprising, for even among his contemporaries Britten was a somewhat enigmatic figure, and not easily pigeonholed. Furthermore, Britten was an obsessively private man, and if the hour-and-a-half television documentary, Benjamin Britten: the Hidden Heart (29 July, Channel 4) is anything to go by, we are unlikely to find out much more about him since it concentrated almost entirely on his homosexuality with brief nods towards

29. Musica Classica - Classical Music - Klassische Musik - Karadar Bertoldi Ensemble Musica Classica Classical Music Dictionary entry with life and link to pupil benjamin britten. http://www.karadar.net/Dictionary/benjamin.html

Arthur Benjamin Life Operas Photo Gallery Home Page Arthur Benjamin Life The Australian composer Arthur Benjamin eventually established himself in London, where he made his career as a teacher, composer and pianist. His piano pupils at the Royal College of Music included Benjamin Britten Arthur Benjamin Operas The Operas of Arthur Benjamin Karadar Bertoldi Ensemble Studio Informatico Anesin

30. The Lied And Art Song Texts Page Texts of poems that have been set to music by Stravinsky, benjamin britten and others, including Lullaby , Nocturne and Elegy for JFK . http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/a/auden/

The Lied and Art Song Texts Page Home Search Contents Introduction What's new this month What was new in previous months FAQ Wishlists View the Guestbook Sign the Guestbook Indexes to the Texts by Composer by Poet by First Line by Title by Language by Song Cycle Utilities Search Random Song Cycle Random Art Song Text Other Information Partial Bibliography Credits Website designer and maintainer: Emily Ezust mindel (AT) recmusic.org Our Volunteers Please visit Artsconverge , a Lieder-related web-project I've helped work on W. H. (Wystan Hugh) Auden (1907-1973) Texts set to music [warning - not an exhaustive list] Titles are in normal text and first lines are in italics [x] indicates texts that are not yet in the database A curse Dark was that day when Diesel As I walked out one evening As I walked out one evening As it is, plenty As it is, plenty At peace under this mandarin, sleep, Lucina Calypso Driver, drive faster and make a good run Clocks cannot tell our time of day Dark was that day when Diesel Driver, drive faster and make a good run Elegy for J. F. K. When a just man dies Funeral Blues Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone

31. Benjamin Britten / Voices For Today Biographie du compositeur britannique, sa vie, son oeuvre. Discographie et liens utiles. http://www.voicesfortoday.com

- promo- Voices for today / Site francophone sur Benjamin Britten. Contacter le webmaster. MENU du SITE. Index. News concerts, CD, presse, annonces diverses RESSOURCES : Oeuvres Biographie. Interview de Britten Aldeburgh ... Britten et la "variété". LIENS : Britten sur le web Liens musicaux CONTACTS : Le coin du chercheur Forum Lettre d'information Webmaster /* SCRIPT EDITE SUR L'EDITEUR JAVASCRIPT http://www.editeurjavascript.com */ document.write(messageDate); - Bienvenue et bonne visite au Borough "La musique savante manque à notre désir..." Rimbaud ( Illuminations EDITO / INFOS M on emploi du temps actuel, totalement diabolique ( croyez moi... ;-), m'a encore beaucoup retardé dans l'élaboration de ce site à la gloire de la musique de Benjamin Britten ! Mais je ne désespère pas de venir à bout des "fiches oeuvres" d'ici la fin des vacances d'été - si la canicule ne s'y met pas ! N 'hésitez surtout pas à me proposer des articles, critiques, et autres textes susceptibles d'être publiés sur le site.

32. Britten, Benjamin This page contains basic and accurate biographical information and links to essays about the Early 20th Century composer britten. britten, benjamin. PeriodEarly 20th Century http://www.stevenestrella.com/composers/composerfiles/britten1976.html

Britten, Benjamin Britten, Benjamin Period: Early 20th Century Born: Saturday, November 22, 1913 in Lowestoft, England Died: Saturday, December 4, 1976 in Aldeburgh, England Nation of Origin: United Kingdom CLICK HERE for CDs of this composer. CLICK HERE for Books about this composer. CLICK HERE for Sheet Music by this composer. Major Works: Operas: Peter Grimes The Rape of Lucretia Death in Venice Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell (known as The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Other Information: General Bibliography: Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN: 0198691629 Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390 Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257 Slonimsky, Nicolas, ... Schirmer Books, July 1994, ISBN: 0028724186 Links to essays at other sites: Twentieth Century Music: An Introduction by Eric Salzman Please note: These links will open in a new window.

33. Borg.ncl.ac.uk/miscellaneous/scott/britten.html benjamin britten Website style benjamin britten. Picture of benjamin britten. (Sent by Jeffrey H. Feldman). Picture of benjamin britten. (Sent by Jeffrey H. Feldman). http://borg.ncl.ac.uk/miscellaneous/scott/britten.html

34. PHONE-SOFT INTERNET-VERZEICHNIS DEUTSCHLAND:BRITTEN, BENJAMIN Ballettabend benjamin britten. benjamin britten; Kurz-Biographie. britten. Dirigentenportraits benjamin britten dirigiert - jpc. klassik.com - Meisterkomponisten Künstlergalerie britten , benjamin. La Fenice - benjamin britten http://www.phs2.net/cwde/L3/o4023d.htm

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35. Benjamin Britten Translate this page britten, benjamin * 22. Nov. 1913 in Lowestoft (Suffolk) † 4. Dez. 1976 in Aldeburgh (Suffolk). Bühnenwerke. Paul Bunyan Operette http://www.operone.de/komponist/britten.html

Britten, Benjamin * 22. Nov. 1913 in Lowestoft (Suffolk) † 4. Dez. 1976 in Aldeburgh (Suffolk) Bühnenwerke Paul Bunyan Operette Prolog und 2 Akte Wystan Hugh Auden 5. Mai 1941 New York, Columbia University Peter Grimes Oper Prolog und 3 Akte, op. 33 Montagu Slater, nach der Verserzählung The Borough von George Crabbe 7. Juni 1945 London, Sadler's Wells Opera The Rape of Lucretia Kammeroper 2 Akte, op. 37 Der Raub der Lukrezia Ronald Frederick Henry Duncan, nach der Tragödie Le viol de Lucrèce von André Obey 12. Juli 1946 Glyndebourne Albert Herring Komische Oper (Kammeroper) in 3 Akten (5 Bildern) op. 39 Eric John Crozier, frei nach Guy de Maupassants Le Rosier de Madame Husson (Der Tugendpreis; 1888) 20. Juni 1947 Festspiele Opera House Glyndebourne (Dirigent Britten, Titelpartie Pears) The Beggar's Opera The Beggar's Opera von John Christopher Pepusch Die Bettleroper John Gay mit gerinfügigen Änderungen von Tyrone Guthrie 24. Mai 1948 Cambridge unter der Leitung des Komponisten Let's make an Opera Kinderoper (Oper für Kinder) op. 45

36. Faber Music Benjamin Britten Biography, photograph, work list, selected discography. http://www.fabermusic.co.uk/fabermusic/cont_composers/britten.html

37. Albert Herring Von Britten Translate this page Juni 1947 Festspiele Opera House Glyndebourne (Dirigent britten, Titelpartie Pears) Musik von benjamin britten. Erstaufführungen 11. http://www.operone.de/opern/albertherring.html

Albert Herring Komische Oper (Kammeroper) in 3 Akten (5 Bildern) op. 39 Eric John Crozier, frei nach Guy de Maupassants Le Rosier de Madame Husson (Der Tugendpreis; 1888) 20. Juni 1947 Festspiele Opera House Glyndebourne (Dirigent Britten, Titelpartie Pears) Musik von Benjamin Britten Erstaufführungen 11. Juni 1950 Hannover (deutsch von Fritz Schröder); Dresden 1955; Berlin, Komische Oper 1957 (mit Gastspielen in Paris und Moskau); Budapest 1961; Tokio 1963; Leningrad 1964 (Gastspiel English Opera Group); Sofia 1965; St. Gallen 1969 Personen Lady Billows, eine stattliche, unduldsame und herrische ältere Dame, Witwe (Dramatischer Sopran, auch Hochdramatischer Sopran). Florence Pike, ihre Haushälterin (Spielalt). Miss Wordsworth, Schulvorsteherin der Kirchspielschule (Dramatischer Koloratursopran). Mr. Gedge, Pfarrer (Charakterbariton, auch Lyrischer Bariton). Mr. Upfold, Bügermeister von Loxford (Tenor buffo). Mr. Budd, Chef der Ortspolizei (Baß buffo). Mrs. Herring, eine Gemüsehändlerin (Dramatischer Alt). Albert Herring, ihr Sohn und Gehilfe im Gemüseladen, ein schüchterner junger Mann (Lyrischer Tenor, auch Tenor buffo). Sid, Metzgerbursche bei Upfold (Lyrischer Bariton). Nancy Waters, Bäckerstochter (Mezzosopran, auch Lyrischer Sopran oder Soubrette). Emmy, Siss, Harry, Schulkinder aus Loxford, 15, 13 und 11 Jahre alt (Sopran-Kinderstimmen) Ort und Zeit In Loxford, einem Marktstädtchen der Grafschaft East Suffolk, April und Mai 1900

38. Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976) Translate this page Die Biographie von benjamin britten. Englischer Komponist als Vierzehnjähriger Musik der ganzen Welt. Werkverzeichnis und Opern von benjamin britten. http://www.karadar.com/Worterbuch/britten.html

Komponisten Benjamin Britten Biographie Werkverzeichnis Opern Photo Gallery ... Home Page Die Biographie von Benjamin Britten Englischer Komponist: als Vierzehnjähriger hatte Britten bereits Streichquartette, Klaviersonaten, Lieder, eine Symphonie und ein Oratorium geschrieben. Ein früher Unterricht bei Frank Bridge wirkte anregend auf ihn, und wenn die Studien am Royal College of Music auch weniger befriedigend verliefen, so beendete Britten seine formale Ausbildung 1934 doch mit beträchtlichen technischen Fähigkeiten. Nachdem er das College verlassen hatte, stürzte er sich als erstes auf das Komponieren von Filmmusik. „Night Mail", nach einem Skript von W. H. Auden, verriet seinen Sinn für Dramatik, aber auch seine Affinität zum sprachlichen Ausdruck. Frank Bridge " für Orchester, mit denen er bei den Salzburger Festspielen internationales Aufsehen erregte. Bei Ausbruch des Zweiten Weltkriegs war Britten in den USA. Auf „Les Illuminations" (1939), nach Gedichten von Rimbaud, folgte nach Brittens Rückkehr nach England die schöne Serenade für Tenor, Horn und Streichorchester (1943). Britten war Pazifist und leistete keinen Kriegsdienst, half aber bei der Veranstaltung von Kriegskonzerten.

39. Musica Classica - Classical Music - Klassische Musik - Karadar Bertoldi Ensemble Karadar Dictionary entry with life, works, operas, MIDI audio file, illustrations, and links. Includes libretto for A Midsummer Night's Dream and the text of the War Requiem. http://www.karadar.net/Dictionary/britten.html

Benjamin Britten Life Catalogue Operas Photo Gallery ... Home Page Benjamin Britten Life Benjamin Britten is born at Lowestoft, 22 November 1913, and died at 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 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, 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 (Paul Bunyan, 1941). In 1942 he returned and, partly stimulated by

40. Nuova Pagina Works Óperas de benjamin britten. The Operas of B. britten. http://www.karadar.com/Diccionario/britten.html

Diccionario de la Música Clàssica Languages Benjamin Britten Vida Catálogo Óperas Photo Gallery ... Home Page La vida de Benjamin Britten Benjamin Britten nace en Lowestoff (Inglaterra) el 22 de noviembre de 1913, iniciándose en la música con Frank Bridge , con el que aprende a apreciar la obra de Berg y Bartok Se traslada a Londres y a partir de 1930 estudia composición con John Ireland , al tiempo que perfecciona su técnica pianística con Arthur Benjamin en el Royal College of Music. Dos años más tarde compone su Sinfonietta, y en 1937 una de sus obras más apreciadas por el público, las famosas Variaciones sobre un tema de Frank Bridge para orquesta de cuerda. MIDI FILE - from Ceremony of Carols: Spring (1'03'') En 1939 Britten emigra en USA a causa de su antimilitarismo, regresando a Europa en 1942. Es la época de su ópera Peter Grimes (1944) y de la Guía de Orquesta para jóvenes que es sin duda alguna la composición de referencia para todos los que se inician en la música. Su obra Variaciones y Fuga sobre un tema de Purcell (1946), de carácter pedagógico, debía ser representada junto al film Los instrumentos de la orquesta.

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