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Saturday, November 22, 2008

Happy birthday, Benjamin Britten

Britten was born in Lowestoft on 22 November 1913.

As On an Overgrown Path records, his birthplace (21 Kirkley Cliff Road) is now a five-star guest house.

Labels: Benjamin Britten, Music

# posted by Jonathan : 8:45 AM

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