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Aldeburgh

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Aldeburgh [ˈɔːlbərə]
n
(Placename) a small resort in SE England, in Suffolk: site of an annual music festival established in 1948 by Benjamin Britten. Pop.: 2654 (1991)


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Suspected of murdering two apprentices, Grimes, a fisherman, is determined to stay in the village of Aldeburgh even if it means being an outcast.
Benjamin Britten--Baron Britten of Aldeburgh, as he was called after Queen Elizabeth II bestowed a life peerage on him--may have been the last serious composer to both attract a wide audience and earn the respect of scholars and musicologists, no matter what their aesthetic predisposition.
Benjamin Britten--Baron Britten of Aldeburgh, as he was called after Queen Elizabeth II bestowed a life peerage on him--may have been the last serious composer to both attract a wide audience and earn the respect of scholars and musicologists, no matter what their aesthetic predisposition.
 
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