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Benjamin Britten

1913 - 1976

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Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) 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. His best-known works include the opera Peter Grimes (1945), the War Requiem (1962) and the orchestral showpiece The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (1945). Britten was born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, the son of a dentist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Benjamin Britten is the 132nd most popular composer (down from 128th in 2019), the 427th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 341st in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Composer.

Benjamin Britten is most famous for his opera Peter Grimes.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Benjamin Britten ranks 132 out of 1,451. Before him are Maurice Jarre, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Anton Rubinstein, Josef Strauss, and Krzysztof Penderecki. After him are Giovanni Gabrieli, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Daniel Auber, Fanny Mendelssohn, Édouard Lalo, and John Field.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Benjamin Britten ranks 23. Before him are Bảo Đại, Gustáv Husák, Ramón Mercader, Makarios III, Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, and Stanford Moore. After him are Sabiha Gökçen, Bill Hewlett, Silvio Piola, Paul Erdős, Roger Garaudy, and Kenzō Tange. Among people deceased in 1976, Benjamin Britten ranks 22. Before him are Eyvind Johnson, Trofim Lysenko, Man Ray, Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, Henrik Dam, and Jacques Monod. After him are Lars Onsager, Joachim Peiper, Ulrike Meinhof, J. Paul Getty, Gustav Heinemann, and Raymond Queneau.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Benjamin Britten ranks 427 out of 8,785. Before him are Arthur, Prince of Wales (1486), Samuel Butler (1835), William Morris (1834), Alexander Selkirk (1676), Vanessa Redgrave (1937), and David Harvey (1935). After him are Timothy Dalton (1946), Ken Follett (1949), William Stuart-Houston (1911), John Couch Adams (1819), John Deacon (1951), and Roger Williams (1603).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Benjamin Britten ranks 4. Before him are Edward Elgar (1857), Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948), and Henry Purcell (1659). After him are Christopher Hogwood (1941), William Byrd (1543), Gustav Holst (1874), John Barry (1933), Eugen d'Albert (1864), Thomas Tallis (1502), Keith Emerson (1944), and Michael Nyman (1944).

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