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Benjamin Britten
(English Composer)

Nationality:: English
Quote count:: 6
Times favorited:: 5

Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten of Aldeburgh, OM CH was a British composer, conductor, violist, and pianist.

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All quotes by Benjamin Britten

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Benjamin Britten

“It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness and 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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“These two are not two Love has made them one Amo Ergo Sum! And by its mystery Each is no less but more.”

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“The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all night to write it is nonsense. Nighttime is for sleeping.”

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“The restaurant is like a theatre: we do two shows a day and when you are doing Shakespeare you don't want to throw in something out of Walt Disney.”

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“[Music has] the beauty of disappointment & never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature, & 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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