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'''Benjamin Britten''' (1913-1976) was a [[England|British]] [[composer]] who wrote songs, orchestral music and a number of [[opera]]s, including  ''[[The Turn of the Screw]]'', ''[[Billy Budd]]'', ''Peter Grimes'', ''Death in Venice'' and ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''. As a song-writer, he had a great sensitivity to English poetry.

'''Benjamin Britten''' (1913-1976) was a [[England|British]] [[composer]] who wrote songs, orchestral music and a number of [[opera]]s, including  ''[[The Turn of the Screw]]'', ''[[Billy Budd]]'', ''Peter Grimes'', ''Death in Venice'' and ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''. As a song-writer, he had a great sensitivity to English poetry. He is regarded as one of the outstanding composers of the twentieth century.

He studied music under Frank Bridge at the Royal College of Music in London. During [[World War II]] he was a pacifist, who fled England to America to avoid being called up to serve in the army. In this respect, he was like his friends W.H.Auden and Christopher Isherwood. After the war, he returned to England, and settled in East Anglia where he set up a music festival at The Maltings, Snape, in Suffolk. Shortly before he died he was made a life peer of the UK.

He studied music under Frank Bridge at the Royal College of Music in London. During [[World War II]] he was a pacifist, who fled England to America to avoid being called up to serve in the army. In this respect, he was like his friends W.H.Auden and Christopher Isherwood. After the war, he returned to England, and settled in East Anglia where he set up the Aldeburgh Music festival at The Maltings, Snape, in Suffolk. Shortly before he died he was made a life peer of the UK.

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