what era is benjamin britten in?

Question

what music era is Benjamin britten in? the classical, Renaissance,Barque,Romantic, 20th century persent

Answer 1

Britten lived in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, from 1942 until his death. He believed in roots, in associations, in backgrounds, and in personal relationships. Britten led an inflexible, rigorously self-disciplined life that included long walks, driving his Alvis car at high speed, and several daily dips in his swimming pool on summer days. He stated emphatically that he wrote music for the people of Aldeburgh and for the present - he was not interested in writing music for posterity. He considered that the quality of music began to deteriorate with Beethoven: before Beethoven composers wrote for the glory of God, for their countries, for a social environment; after Beethoven each composer became the center of his own universe and the Romantic era was born. Britten stated that he tried to model himself on .
http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/appendix/Composers/B/BenjaminBritten.html
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976)

Born in 1913, Benjamin Britten was an English composer. He wrote music in choral, orchestral, solo vocal, and operatic styles. He is also well known as being a significant composer of opera. He used various themes from American, Japanese, and British cultures in his works. His most famous opera is Peter Grimes. Britten was very opposed to war, and this can be seen in his War Requiem, which was a statement about his ojection against militarism.
http://library.thinkquest.org/15413/history/history-mod-comp.htm

Actually I have not found any categorization of his music. I would say he is definitely the 20th century composer.

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Answer 2

I think joseph (or his source) may have got the date of Benjamin Britten's death (1976) wrong as I remember him and I wasnt born until 1977 and I would swear I remember him dying. Maybe he ment 1986?

Answer 3

20th century

Answer 4

20th century.