Famous people. Benjamin britten

Centuries passed after the death of the "British Orpheus" - as Purcell was called - and the country that gave the world the greatest playwright, a constellation of poets, actors, painters, architects, manifested itself immeasurably more modestly in musical creativity. For three hundred years there have been many composers in England capable of attracting attention. But none of them performed so brightly in the world field that the world turned to him with interest, excitement, impatiently waiting for something new to appear in his next opus. Only Benjamin Britten, who has gained worldwide fame in our days, has become such. You can say about him: England waited for him.

• Centuries passed after the death of the "British Orpheus" - as Purcell was called - and the country that gave the world the greatest playwright, a constellation of poets, actors, painters, architects, manifested itself immeasurably more modestly in musical creativity. For three hundred years there have been many composers in England capable of attracting attention. But none of them performed so brightly in the world field that the world turned to him with interest, excitement, impatiently waiting for something new to appear in his next opus. Only Benjamin Britten, who has gained worldwide fame in our days, has become such. You can say about him: England waited for him.

Talent manifested in childhood.

• Benjamin Britten was born
• November 22, 1913 in Lowstaft
• (County Suffolk), where he received his initial musical education. He began composing at the age of 4, learning to play the piano from the age of seven, the viola from the age of ten. By the age of 14, he had more than a hundred opuses in his portfolio. Britenn's teachers include F. Bridge, J. Ireland and A. Benjamin; with the latter two he studied at the Royal College of Music in London (1930-1933).
• Already in these youthful works, features characteristic of Britten's music of a later period appeared: an original melodic gift, fantasy, humor, and an original interpretation of classical forms.