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Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten of Aldeburgh
Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten of Aldeburgh 1913-76, English composer. Britten is considered the most significant British composer since Purcell . As a youth he composed instrumental works, displaying technical brilliance and colorful orchestration. One example, The Young Person's Guide to the O... Read more
Sir Peter Pears
Sir Peter Pears 1910-86, English tenor. Pears studied at the Royal College of Music and became a member of the Sadler's Wells Opera and the English Opera Group. In 1948 he made his Covent Garden debut. He worked closely with Benjamin Britten from 1946. Together they made a number of international t... Read more
Dennis Brain
Dennis Brain 1921-57, British horn player. Brain studied with his father, Aubrey, at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He played principal horn with first the Royal Philharmonic and then the Philharmonia orchestras. He was killed in an automobile accident. Brain's extraordinary artistry has bee... Read more
Kathleen Ferrier
Kathleen Ferrier 1912-53, British contralto, b. Higher Walton, Lancashire. Ferrier began voice lessons at 25. Her celebrated performances include the title role in the premiere of Benjamin Britten's Rape of Lucretia (1946). Ferrier's interpretations of Gluck's Orfeo, the angel in Elgar's Dream... Read more
Dame Janet Baker
Dame Janet Baker 1933-, English mezzo-soprano. She made her singing debut in 1956 with the Glyndebourne Chorus. In 1966 she made her American debut at Town Hall in New York City, winning critical acclaim for the sensitivity, style, and intelligence of her singing. Baker was for many years regarded ... Read more
Julian Bream
Julian Bream (Julian Alexander Bream) , 1933-, English guitarist and lutenist. Bream was first taught guitar by his father and studied piano and cello at the Royal College of Music. He made his debut at the age of 12. During the 1950s and 60s he led the the Julian Bream Consort, a pioneering perio... Read more
Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen 1893-1918, English poet, b. Oswestry, Shropshire. He served as a company commander in the Artist's Rifles during World War I and was killed in France on Nov. 4, 1918, one week before the armistice. Owen's poetic theme, the horror and pity of war, is set forth in strong verse that trans... Read more
oratorio
oratorio , musical composition employing chorus, orchestra, and soloists and usually, but not necessarily, a setting of a sacred libretto without stage action or scenery. The immediate forerunner of oratorio, Emilio del Cavaliere's sacred opera La rappresentazione di anima e di corpo applied the t... Read more
clock
clock instrument for measuring and indicating time. Predecessors of the clock were the sundial , the hourglass , and the clepsydra . See also watch . The Evolution of Mechanical Clocks The operation of a clock depends on a stable mechanical oscillator, such as a swinging pendulum or a... Read more

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Benjamin Britten
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Benjamin Britten The English composer, pianist, and conductor Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) revitalized English opera after 1945. Born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, Benjamin Britten had a normal preparatory school education, at the...
Britten, Emma Hardinge (1823-1899)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Britten, Emma Hardinge (1823-1899) Inspirational...Spiritualism. Born in the East End of London, Britten was the daughter of Capt. Floyd, a seafaring...In the early history of spirit return, Britten furnished one of the better attested cases...
Britten, Benjamin
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History Britten, Benjamin (1913–76). The...distinguished English composer of his generation, Britten showed original talent from an early age...he had his home for 30 years. In 1945 Britten's opera Peter Grimes was premiè...
Britten, (Edward) Benjamin
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature Britten, (Edward) Benjamin (1913–76), English composer...Keats , Tennyson , and Auden (who wrote the libretto of Britten's first opera Paul Bunyan , 1941). Britten's second opera, Peter Grimes (1945), was drawn from...
Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten of Aldeburgh
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten of Aldeburgh 1913-76, English composer. Britten is considered the most significant British composer since Purcell . As a youth he composed instrumental works, displaying technical brilliance and colorful orchestration...
Britten Memorial Museum
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Britten Memorial Museum British museum devoted...work of pioneer Spiritualist Emma Hardinge Britten, who was instrumental in the founding...of famous Spiritualists. The address is Britten Memorial Museum, Britten House, Stansted...
Britten Memorial Institute and Library
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Britten Memorial Institute and Library Originally founded in 1900 at 64A Bridge...idea proposed by nineteenth-century Spiritualist writer Emma Hardinge Britten. A trust fund was raised by Mr. A. W. Orr with trustees E. W. Oaten...
Sir Peter Pears
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...debut. He worked closely with Benjamin Britten from 1946. Together they made a number of international tours, presenting works by Britten and other English composers. Pears sang many premieres of Britten operas, including Peter Grimes, Billy...
opera
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...Only since the outstanding success of Britten's Peter Grimes in 1945 has Britain played...Sadler's Wells theatre in 1945 with Britten's Peter Grimes heralded a renaissance...drama full of well-drawn characters. Britten's setting of the English language...
Fowler, Edward P. (ca. 1852-?)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...autographs are reproduced by Emma Hardinge Britten in her Modern American Spiritualism (1869). According to Britten, one Professor Bush desired to test the...internal evidence of his scripts. Sources: Britten, Emma Hardinge. Modern American Spiritualism...

Dictionary entries related to "Britten,"

Britten, James
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography Britten, James ( b . London, England, 3 May...Middlesex, England, 8 October 1924) botany . Britten was very clearly interested in botany as...the herbarium at Kew. Oliver befriended Britten and greatly encouraged him in botanical...
Britten, (Edward) Benjamin
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Britten, (Edward) Benjamin ( Lord Britten of Aldeburgh ) ( b Lowestoft, 1913; d Aldeburgh, 1976...Peter Pears , for whom he comp. many operatic and vocal roles. Britten's mus. gifts became apparent at an early stage. In sch...
Britten, Benjamin
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Britten, Benjamin (1913–76). The...distinguished English composer of his generation, Britten showed talent from an early age. Educated...he had his home for 30 years. In 1945 Britten's opera Peter Grimes was premiè...
Britten, Improvisations on an Impromptu of Benjamin. Orch. work by
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Britten, Improvisations on an Impromptu of Benjamin. Orch. work by Walton , comp. 1968–9, f.p. San Francisco 1970. Theme taken from slow movt. of Britten's pf. conc.
Britten, Edward Benjamin
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Britten, Edward Benjamin (1913–76), English composer. In 1947 he settled at Aldeburgh, Suffolk, where he established...
Britten, Sinfonia in Memoriam Benjamin
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Britten, Sinfonia in Memoriam Benjamin. Work for 17 wind instr. by Fricker , 1976–7. F.p. in England, Aldeburgh 1978.
Pears, (Sir) Peter (Neville Luard)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...8. Went to USA with friend Benjamin Britten 1939, returning 1942. Stage dé...from 1946. Closely assoc. with mus. of Britten, giving f.ps. of many works ( Serenade...of John Donne ) and creating several of Britten's operatic roles, i.e. title-roles...
Bernard, James
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...during World War II. Career: Assistant to Benjamin Britten; then freelance musician: composer for radio and...College, Bernard met the eminent composer Benjamin Britten at age 17, when Britten was asked to judge a school music competition...
Mitchell, Donald (Charles Peter)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...x2013;62. Joint ed. Benjamin Britten (1952), The Mozart Companion...of Modern Music (1963); Benjamin Britten , 1913–76: Pictures from a Life (with J. Evans, 1978); Britten and Auden in the Thirties (1981...
Crozier, Eric (John)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...1936–9. Closely assoc. with Britten , being co-founder of EOG 1946, and of Aldeburgh Fest. 1948. Librettist of Britten's cantata St Nicolas , and operas Albert...Lucretia , Glyndebourne 1946. Taught at Britten-Pears Sch., Snape. OBE 1991.

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Britten Brings Brilliant Color to the Windy City.
Business Wire; 1/21/2010; 700+ words ; ...short weeks. When that happens, parent company Britten Inc. will firmly cement its position as the...businesses are shrinking or even closing their doors, Britten is thriving and expanding. Britten's expansion into Chicago answers the growing...
Britten, Voice & Piano: Lectures on the Vocal Music of Benjamin Britten.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Notes; 3/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; Britten, Voice & Piano: Lectures on the Vocal Music of Benjamin Britten. By Graham Johnson. (Guildhall Research Studies...student accompanists into the music of Benjamin Britten, one of Britain's premier composers, who was...
Britten bio has lots of notes, little music
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 7/27/1993; ; 700+ words ; BENJAMIN BRITTEN A Biography By Humphrey Carpenter Scribner...677 pp., illustrated, $30 Benjamin Britten was a world figure in music from a very...appearance of the first two volumes of Britten's diaries and letters, "Letters from...
Britten on Music.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Notes; 6/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; Britten on Music. Edited by Paul Kildea. Oxford: Oxford University...19-816714-8. $49.95.] Illustrations, indexes. Britten on Music, the first published volume of Britten's writings, aims to be as complete an edition as current...
BRITTEN HAS WHAT HIS TEAMMATES WANT
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 3/28/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...Bergen County, NJ) 03-28-1995 BRITTEN HAS WHAT HIS TEAMMATES WANT By RAFAEL...Late, 1 Star Early With everything Doug Britten has done on the baseball field so far...Newark locker room. Earlier this month, Britten showed his teammates the World Series...
Britten's widow to sue biographer
Newspaper article from: Sunday Star-Times; 6/5/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...legendary Kiwi motorcycle inventor John Britten is suing his biographer in the latest twist...Hanna, author of the 2003 biography John Britten, is counter-suing former beauty queen Kirsteen Britten, claiming she breached their contract...
Britten and the Far East: Asian Influences in the Music of Benjamin Britten.(Review)
Magazine article from: Notes; 9/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; Britten and the Far East: Asian Influences in the Music of Benjamin Britten. By Mervyn Cooke. (Aldeburgh Studies in Music...81.] The influence of Asian music on Benjamin Britten is widely known through two major works: the ballet...
Britten's drive to succeed
Newspaper article from: The Press; 10/4/2003; 700+ words ; The name John Britten is synonymous with his lolly- coloured...and even a gipsy caravan. John Kenton Britten was born on August 1, 1950, half an...biographer Tim Hanna in his book John Britten. Marguerite was shrewd and careful...
Around Britten Michael Kennedy on a fine introduction to the composer, and a collection of his writings
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 7/27/2003; ; 700+ words ; Britten by David Matthews Haus, pounds 12.99...99 ( pounds 2.25 p&p) 0870 155 7222 Britten on Music ed by Paul Kildea Oxford, pounds...been no shortage of books about Benjamin Britten and one might wonder if there was need...
Benjamin Britten: A Guide to Research.
Magazine article from: Notes; 9/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; Benjamin Britten's work was his life. As composer...a resourceful, thoughtful overview of Britten's life and especially his music. This...contrast to Humphrey Carpenter's Benjamin Britten: A Biography (London: Faber and Faber...