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FAMOUS BRITISH
MUSICIANS
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Henry Purcell 1659-1695
An English composer
Opera “Dido and
Aeneas” (1689)
Music for theatrical
performances
Hymns
Songs
Musical compositions
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Dido and Aeneas
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Edward Benjamin Britten1913-1976
an English composer, pianist, conductor;
born, in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England;
father - a dentist; the youngest of four children
(a brother and two sisters) was educated locally; studied first piano and then
viola from private teachers; began to compose in 1919; entered the Royal College of
Music in London in 1930; won several prizes for his
compositions;
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Some facts about his life and career
met tenor Peter Pears (1937); sailed for North America in
1939; operas:
“Peter Grimes” (1945) “Albert Herring” (1947) “A Midsummer Night’s dream” (1960)
“Billy Budd” (1951) “The Turn of the
Screw”(1954) “Death in Venice” (1973);
the War Requiem (1961);
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founded the English Opera Group in 1947;
founded the Aldeburgh Festival in 1948; developed close friendship with
D.Shostakovich and M. Rostropovich in the 1960s;
awarded the Order of Merit in 1965; created a Life Peer in 1976; buried in the churchyard of the
Aldeburgh Parish Church.
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Peter Pears 1910 - 1968
an English singer; began to develop his singing and
acting talents during his school days at Lancing College;
began his professional career with the BBC Singers in 1934;
met the composer Benjamin Britten in 1937;
shared three years in America (1939 – 1942) with B.Britten;
developed his career as a soloist, making his operatic debut in The Tales of Hoffman;
created the title role in Britten's Peter Grimes in 1945.
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B.Britten and P.Pears
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Scenes from his operas
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The Aldeburgh Festival
It was founded in 1948 by B. Britten, P. Pears and E.Crozier.
The original intention was to provide a home for their opera company, the English Opera Group.
Soon literature, drama, lectures and art exhibitions were included.