Britten, Edward Benjamin

Britten, Edward Benjamin (1913-1976), composer, b. Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

Benjamin Britten learned to play the piano as a boy and won a scholarship to the Royal College of Music.

He started writing music as a student there and he went on to produce a wide range of works including a number of operas.

Especially for children he has written The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Let's Make an Opera and Noye's Fludde.

See Michael Oliver Benjamin Britten (20th Century Composers)