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Page 1: An English composer  Opera “Dido and Aeneas” (1689)  Music for theatrical performances  Hymns  Songs  Musical compositions
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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 25th 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 LennonPaul McCartneyGeorg HarrisonRingo 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 1963 With The Beatles 1964 A Hard Day’s Night 1964 Beatles For Sale 1965 Help! 1965 Rubber Soul 1966 Revolver 1967 Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967 Magical Mystery Tour 1968 The Beatles 1969 Yellow Submarine 1969 Abbey Road 1970 Let It Be