Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Benjamin Britten and Imogen Holst - George C. Beresford/Hulton Archive/Getty Images/Alex Bender/Denis de Marney Back in 2013, ...

In the early 1930s, Adolf Hitler advanced his war on democracy as his troops marched relentlessly across Europe to seize power. Protesting against the violence unleashed by Hitler’s enablers were ...

Wigmore Hall will present a 12-concert series honoring composer Benjamin Britten, featuring performances by Ian Bostridge, Robin Tritschler, and ...

Remarkable poetry resides in the fact that Benjamin Britten was born on Nov. 22, since in the Christian liturgical calendar that date marks the Feast of St. Cecilia, the patron saint of music. Even ...

Performances in N.Y.C. The coastal festival, founded by the composer and Peter Pears in the 1940s, has built a reputation for rich, forward-looking programming. Benjamin Britten, whose history is ...

The sacred music Benjamin Britten wrote at 16-years-old“A Hymn to the Virgin” is the earliest surviving piece of church music written by 20th century English composer Benjamin Britten, which he wrote ...

Venice’s International Festival of Contemporary Music, which used to play host to such startling modern operas as Igor Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress and Dmitry Shostakovich’s The Lady Macbeth of ...

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Born in 1913 to a music-loving mother who wanted her son to become a musician, Benjamin Britten, the celebrated British composer, wrote no fewer than 534 works by the time he was 14. In this crisply ...

Benjamin Britten was born in Suffolk, England on November 22, 1913. He was one of the most prolific and versatile composers of the 20th century. He wrote operas, choral music, requiems .. as well as ...