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He later studied under John Ireland and Arthur Benjamin at the Royal College of Music in London and while thereĬomposed the set of choral variations A Boy Was Born (1933 revised, 1958). He was also an outstanding pianist and conductor.īritten composed as a child and at the age of 12 began several years of study under the composer and teacher Frankīridge. Of the mid-20th century, whose operas are considered the finest English operas since those of Henry Purcell in the 17thĬentury. Edward Benjamin Britten, (born 1913, Lowestoft, Suffolk, Eng.-died 1976, Aldeburgh, Suffolk), leading British composer