Benjamin Britten was a popular English composer and song writer. He did not star in any movies. However, Benjamin Britten did write music for many movies. For instance, he wrote the musical score for the documentary called The King's Stamp. His music is also featured in the movie called Moonrise Kingdom.
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Benjamin Britten's most famous work is probably The Young Person's Guide to The Orchestra. It was composed in 1946 and is based on a piece of music from Abdelazar by Purcell. The music plays while a narrator introduces each instrument in turn. Because of this it is a popular piece of music for educational purposes. Other famous works by Britten include the opera Peter Grimes and The War Requiem.
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Henry Purcell took a leading role in the restoration of English music following the restoration of the Stuarts in 1660, following the interregnum during which the arts had received considerably less support and were regarded as suspect by the Puritans. In addition, he was adopted by 20th-century composer British Benjamin Britten as part of a characteristically English tradition of music that went beyond the known Sullivan, Elgar and Vaughan Williams. When Britten took the rondo from Abdelazar and arranged it to form the 'Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra', he made a Purcell melody unusually famous.
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He was famous for riding motorcycles, his Britten V1000 in fact, he was also famous for building the Britten V1000 with limited equipment in his back yardBorn 1 August 1950 in Christchurch.Trained in mechanical engineering, and worked as a design engineer.Established own business making stained glass and lights.Married Kirsteen Price and had three children - Sam, Isabelle and Jessica.Began designing motorcycles and developed the Britten V1000 using his own design and construction techniques to make a faster, lighter "superbike".After years of mixed success Andrew Stroud won the world individual BEARS championship in 1995 riding a Britten bike.Died on 5 September 1995 from a malignant melanoma.http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Kids/FamousNewZealanders/John.asp