<!-- Before adding an infobox, please read Talk:Benjamin Britten/Archive 1#Infobox. -->File:Benjamin Britten, London Records 1968 publicity photo for Wikipedia (restored).jpg|thumb|Britten in 1968, by Hans Wild Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976, aged 63) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of works including opera, other vocal music, orchestral and chamber pieces. His best-known works include the opera Peter Grimes (1945), the War Requiem (1962) and the orchestral showpiece The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (1945). Wikipedia