He wrote Songs and Proverbs of William Blake for the baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. His parents dashed plans to work with Alban Berg while he was 
He wrote Songs and Proverbs of William Blake for the baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. His parents dashed plans to work with Alban Berg while he was in his teens; instead, he studied with Frank Bridge. Many of his later operas and chamber works are performed at the Aldeburgh [ULD bruh] Festival, which he founded. For 10 points—name this British composer of the operas Billy Budd and Peter Grimes, as well as the choral War Requiem.
He wrote Songs and Proverbs of William Blake for the baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.
Benjamin Edward {Britten}, Baron of Aldeburgh