« A musician for an occasion »: Britten, compositeur engagé

Abstract

Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, XXII-3 | 2017 a homosexual condemned to silence, as well as more official works commissioned by great institutions like the Red Cross or the UN which made of him "a musician for an occasion". His commitment also resulted in compositions for children, performed by children, and in works that questioned the place of the artist in society.