(1913-1976)
The Scallop, Aldeburgh beach, Suffolk. Photograph by Terrence Davies, available under a Creative Commons license
Maggi Hambling's sculptural tribute to Britten takes its text, "I hear those voices that will not be drowned," from Peter Grimes, an opera based on George Crabbe's poem "The Borough" (libretto adapted by Montagu Slater).
Britten-Pears Foundation (Britten estate and Britten-Pears Library; articles about Britten's life and works; online thematic catalogue (in progress); large archival collections)
BBC Audio Interviews: Benjamin Britten (excerpts from "The Composer Speaks," August 7, 1957, and "Radio Newsreel," November 21, 1963) (No longer available)
Images of Britten (National Portrait Gallery)
Benjamin Britten: Poetry, Politics, and Sound (from poets.org; emphasis on War Requiem)
Britten at the Lied and Art Song Texts Page
National Register of Archives (descriptions and links to archival collections)
(Below not found - discovery.lib.harvard.edu)
Ford, Boris, ed. Benjamin Britten's Poets: The Poetry He Set to Music. Manchester, England: Carcenet, 1994. (anthology of texts, with notes on first performances)
Hodgson, Peter J. Benjamin Britten: A Guide to Research. New York: Garland, 1996.
