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Benjamin Britten

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Benjamin Britten is a Classical act. Their sound grew out of Julian Bream, Serge Koussevitzky, Galina Vishnevskaya, Carols and Dennis Brain. Those roots explain a lot about how Benjamin Britten arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Paul Hindemith, Leoš Janáček, Maurice Ravel, Igor Stravinsky and Johannes Brahms, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jacob Collier, Janet Baker, William Walton, John Rutter and Charles Mackerras, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around Benjamin Britten, reaching back through Julian Bream and forward to Jacob Collier. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Benjamin BrittenJulian BreamSerge KoussevitzkyGalina VishnevskayaCarolsDennis BrainJacob CollierJanet BakerWilliam WaltonJohn RutterCharles MackerrasJon BodenPaul HindemithLeoš JanáčekMaurice RavelIgor StravinskyJohannes BrahmsEdvard GriegLudwig van BeethovenAlban Berg

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Benjamin Britten connections

Benjamin Britten grew out of Julian Bream, Serge Koussevitzky, Galina Vishnevskaya and Carols, shares an orbit with Paul Hindemith, Leoš Janáček, Maurice Ravel and Igor Stravinsky, went on to shape Jacob Collier, Janet Baker, William Walton and John Rutter. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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