green plaque
Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears green plaque
Benjamin Britten · Composer
Inscription
“Benjamin Britten composer 1913-1976 and Peter Pears singer 1910-1986 lived and worked here 1943-1946”
Details
1913-76
Life dates
St John's Wood High Street
NW8
Erected 1997
City of Westminster, Britten-Pears Foundation
Organisation
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Benjamin Britten
composer, freeman of Aldeburgh, Order of Merit recipient, Companion of Honour, Grammy Award recipient, Grammy Award recipient, and Baron Britten · (1913-1976)
Peter Pears
singer · (1910-1986)
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