Benjamin Britten
Composer
1913-11-22 – 1976-12-04
Benjamin Britten was an English composer, conductor, and pianist, widely regarded as one of the leading British composers of the twentieth century. His major works include Peter Grimes, The Turn of the Screw, and War Requiem.
Quotes by Benjamin Britten
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It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature and everlasting beauty of monotony.
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It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature and everlasting beauty of monotony.
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Composing is like driving down a foggy road toward a house. Slowly you see more details of the house-the color of the slates and bricks, the shape of the windows. The notes are the bricks and the mortar of the house.
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