24. Benjamin Britten (1913-76) did as much as anyone to
establish English music on the forefront of the
international stage. Much of his music seems to have
an immediate appeal to large audiences and
definitely his many stage works earned him quite
exceptional prestige both at home and abroad. Peter
Grimes (1945), Billy Budd (1951). Gloriana (1953),
and A Midsummer Night's Dream (1960) all show his
mastery of stage technique and the first two are also
moving human documents. On a smaller scale, he
has achieved as much with his chamber operas as
such as The Rape of Lucretia (1946), Albert Herring
(1947), The Turn of the Screw (1954). His operatic
output was crowned by Death in Venice (1973). If he
had written nothing else, these dramatic works would
have marked him out as a composer of outstanding
imaginative gifts.
It is inferred from the passage that Britten's
works ______.
A) earned him a fortune in his lifetime
B) were popular for a comparatively short period of
his life
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