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An English composer Opera “Dido and Aeneas” (1689) Music for theatrical performances Hymns Songs Musical compositions
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an English composer, pianist, conductor; born, in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England; father - a dentist; the youngest of four children (a brother and two sisters) was educated locally; studied first piano and then viola from private teachers; began to compose in 1919; entered the Royal College of Music in London in 1930; won several prizes for his compositions;
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met tenor Peter Pears (1937); sailed for North America in 1939; operas: “Peter Grimes” (1945) “Albert Herring” (1947) “A Midsummer Night’s dream” (1960) “Billy Budd” (1951) “The Turn of the Screw”(1954) “Death in Venice” (1973); the War Requiem (1961); founded the English Opera Group in 1947; founded the Aldeburgh Festival in 1948; developed close friendship with D.Shostakovich and M. Rostropovich in the 1960s; awarded the Order of Merit in 1965; created a Life Peer in 1976; buried in the churchyard of the Aldeburgh Parish Church.
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an English singer; began to develop his singing and acting talents during his school days at Lancing College; began his professional career with the BBC Singers in 1934; met the composer Benjamin Britten in 1937; shared three years in America (1939 – 1942) with B.Britten; developed his career as a soloist, making his operatic debut in The Tales of Hoffman; created the title role in Britten's Peter Grimes in 1945.
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Full name is John Robert Cocker He was born on the 20th of May in 1944 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire He is an English singer working in genre of Blues and Rock His famous ballads are: «My Father’s Son», «NIGHT CALLS», «Unchain My Heart», «You Can Leave Your Hat On», «Now That The Magic Has Gone»
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His original name is Reginald Kenneth Dwight He was born on the 25 th of March in 1947 in Pinner, England He is a famous English rock singer, composer and pianist He is also known as a social activist. In 1980 he began the fight against the AIDS
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John Lennon Paul McCartney Georg Harrison Ringo Starr
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British rock group from Liverpool The group was formed in 1950 an first was called as “Blackjacks” In the April of 1960 when McCartney was taken in the group, it was renamed as “Beatles”
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1963 Please, please Me 1963With The Beatles 1964A Hard Day’s Night 1964Beatles For Sale 1965Help! 1965Rubber Soul 1966Revolver 1967Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967Magical Mystery Tour 1968The Beatles 1969Yellow Submarine 1969Abbey Road 1970Let It Be
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