The Resume

(November 22, 1913-December 4, 1976)
Birth name was Edward Benjamin Britten
Wrote 'Peter Grimes (1945),' 'The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (1946),' 'Billy Budd (1951)' and the 'War Requiem (1961)'

Why he might be annoying:

He was a child prodigy (who doesn't hate those?).
He sneered at his formal musical education.
He was a conscientious objector during World War II.
He wrote most of his vocal works for his boyfriend, the tenor Peter Pears.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was unpretentious.
He and Pears had a long and happy relationship.
His works are still popular today.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Allegedly Gay Men
• Carnegie Hall Concerts
• Film Composers
• I Died in 1976 (Ranked: 63)
• My Song was Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (Ranked: 1998)
• Opera Singers and Composers
• Profiles 10501-10750 (Ranked: 10547)
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 1]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 24 Votes: 79.17% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 89 Votes: 58.43% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 22 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 55 Votes: 58.18% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 25 Votes: 64.00% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 83 Votes: 66.27% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 59 Votes: 55.93% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 43 Votes: 58.14% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 106 Votes: 57.55% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 139 Votes: 51.80% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 170 Votes: 52.35% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 224 Votes: 53.12% Annoying