Wednesday, November 22, 2023

November 22 - Benjamin Britten (The Musical Birthday Series, 5th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for November 22nd are here: Benjamin Britten (2019), Cecil Sharp (2020) Wilhelm Friedemann Bach; Stephen Hough (2022), and Gunther Schuller; Benjamin Britten (2022)

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Benjamin Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was one of the leading British composers of the mid/late twentieth century.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fingerprints


There wasn’t a radical split in

The musical style of Britten;

The music we hear

From each stage in his career

Is clearly what Britten had written.


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Ceremony of Carols


When choirs are facing the perils

Of Benjamin Britten’s great “Carols”

They hope, when they contact the harpist,

That he’s kept his technique at his sharpest.

 

 

 

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