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Vor 3 Tagen · Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976, aged 63) 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.
Vor 10 Stunden · Posts about Benjamin Britten written by Pascal Tréguer. 1962: a type of popular music that is rapidly discarded—also, 1967: Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem, regarded as a lachrymose piece of music by Igor Stravinsky—‘Kleenex’: a proprietary name for a soft, disposable paper tissue
Vor einem Tag · Fartein Valen, Stavanger konserthus. “This is undoubtedly the best I have written so far,” Britten wrote about his violin concerto and the evocative pre-war work (1938-39) to his publisher. Shostakovich referred to Symphonies 7-9 as the “war symphonies.”. Included in this is Symphony No. 8, one of his darkest and most tragic symphonies ...
Vor 5 Tagen · As a lover of music, I have always been fascinated by the stories behind the songs. One song that has always intrigued me is “The Ballad of Green Broom” by Benjamin Britten. This hauntingly beautiful ballad tells the tale of an old man and his son who make a living by cutting broom in the woods.
Vor 4 Tagen · Portrait of Benjamin Britten (1946, by Frances McLaughlin-Gill) You can read Part 1 of this survey of the War Requiem here, and Part 2 here. For anyone wanting to explore more of Britten's music, and what made him such a compelling musician as well as composer, I highly recommend this documentary about his relationship with the BBC ...
Vor 4 Tagen · British composer Benjamin Britten is set to be honored with a life-size bronze statue in his hometown of Lowestoft in East Suffolk. The statue will be erected on the seafront opposite Britten's childhood home, and will depict the composer as a young boy looking out to sea. This is in reference to the inspiration he took from the sea, and the ...
Vor 5 Tagen · Dem Vierten Klavierkonzert Beethovens und der Fünften Symphonie Schostakowitschs vorangestellt war ein Satz aus der Dritten Symphonie Gustav Mahlers. Konkret: das von Benjamin Britten arrangierte Menuett, dem der Bearbeiter den Namen What the Wild Flowers Tell Me gab. Beim späteren Anhören der Schostakowitsch-Symphonie wurde einem bewusst ...
