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A sensitive look at a great musician’s life

Though Benjamin Britten was an eccentric and unlovable man, his music dominates Paul Kildea’s benchmark biography says Eamonn Lawlor

A sensitive look at a great musician’s life

Sat, 09 Feb, 2013 - 00:00

Review: Eamonn Lawlor

Benjamin Britten A Life in the Twentieth Century

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