Britten

[ brit-n ]

noun

1. (Edward) Benjamin, 1913–76, English composer and pianist.

Britten

/ ˈbrɪtən /

noun

1. BrittenEdward) Benjamin19131976MEnglishMUSIC: composerMUSIC: pianistMUSIC: conductor ( Edward ) Benjamin , Baron Britten. 1913–76, English composer, pianist, and conductor. His works include the operas Peter Grimes (1945) and Billy Budd (1951), the choral works Hymn to St Cecilia (1942) and A War Requiem (1962), and numerous orchestral pieces

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In preparing the new mixes, the record label also discovered recordings of the original rehearsals, where Britten himself conducted the choir.

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Britten was later created a life peer, the first musician or composer to be elevated to the peerage.

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Those accusations were far from the minds of the choristers who reunited on Thursday, who said they remembered "the emotions, the excitement and the fun" of recording with Britten.

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A chorus of schoolboys who sang on a world-famous rendition of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem have been reunited, thanks to an advert in a local newspaper.

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Fifteen of them were able to reunite in Soho on Thursday, to hear a cleaned-up version of the Requiem and relive the "gruelling" experience of recording Britten's masterpiece.

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