Tenor singer. Born Farnham. Lived with Benjamin Britten, who composed for him, from 1943 until Britten's death in 1976. Died in the home they shared, the Red House, Aldeburgh.
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Sir Peter Pears
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Benjamin Britten - NW8
Benjamin Britten, composer, 1913 - 1976, and Peter Pears, singer, 1910 - 1986...
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Novello family
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Anton Bruckner
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Francis Hueffer
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Shepherd's Bush Empire
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