Benjamin Britten Quotes
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It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature and everlasting beauty of monotony.
Benjamin Britten
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Author Details:
Topic:
Music Quotes
Type:
Composer Quotes
Category:
English Composer Quotes
Date of Birth:
November 22, 1913
Date of Death:
December 4, 1976
Nationality:
English
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Gavin Bryars
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Fred Frith
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Quote Keywords:
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Nature,
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Strength
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Beautiful,
Beauty,
Cruel,
Disappointment,
Everlasting,
Freedom,
Know,
Loneliness,
Love,
Monotony,
Music,
Nature,
Pain,
Should,
Strength
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All Benjamin Britten Quotations:
Composing is like driving down a...
It is cruel, you know, that...
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