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Benjamin Britten: A Biography

Benjamin Britten: A Biography

by HumphreyCarpenter (Author)

Synopsis

A biography of Benjamin Britten which presents a panorama of British musical life since the 1920s.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 744
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Humphrey Carpenter
Published: 20 Jan 2003
ISBN 10: 0571143253
ISBN 13: 9780571143252
Book Overview: Benjamin Britten by Humphrey Carpenter is a brilliant, enthralling biography of Benjamin Britten, one of twentieth-century Britain's greatest composers.

Author Bio
Humphrey Carpenter was born and educated in Oxford, and attended the Dragon School and Keble College. He was a well-known biographer and children's writer, and worked previously as a producer at the BBC. He wrote biographies of J. R. R. Tolkien, W. H. Auden, Benjamin Britten, Ezra Pound, C. S. Lewis and Dennis Potter. Among his many books for children were the best-selling Mr Majeika series. He also wrote several plays for the theatre and radio. A keen musician, he was a member of a 1930s-style jazz band, Vile Bodies, which was resident at the Ritz Hotel in London for a number of years. He died in 2005.