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Who were the singers, musicians, composers, instrumentalists, and conductors who made the music of the 20th century? What inspired Benjamin Britten to compose Peter Grimes? How did music save Malcolm Sargent when he lost his daughter to polio? What is the link between Vaughan Williams and Charles Darwin? What did Edward Elgar do for classical music in Britain? Could any of the members of the Beatles actually read or write music when they first came together? Nicholas Kenyon, with a long-standing career in music and a wealth of knowledge and experience, has carefully selected around 100 entries from the ""Dictionary of National Biography"" to go in this anthology.

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Nicholas Kenyon has been Controller of BBC Proms, Live Events, and TV Classical Music since 1998. He was also Music Critic for New Yorker, The Times, and the Observer. Previous to his present post he was Controller of BBC Radio 3. He is the author of and contributor to many books (see Books by the same author, below).

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