25. Music
•Music has been enormously important in Britain in the 20th century
•London is regarded as one of the great music capitals of the world
•Pop and rock music remain the most popular kinds of music in Britain,
although jazz also has a large following
26. William Walton
He composed
•many important classical works, including the operas Troilus and
Cressida and The Bear, based on a comic vaudeville by Chekhov
•music for ballets, plays and films
•choral and other vocal music
27. Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber has composed musicals for the theatre since the
1970s, producing such smash hits as Jesus Christ Superstar (1971) and
Phantom of the Opera (1986)
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30. The Beatles
• The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960
• Gained popularity in the United Kingdom after their first single, "Love Me
Do“
• 1970 – break-down
• 1980 - Lennon died having been shot by a deranged fan
• 2001 – George Harrison died of lung cancer
• Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr remain active
31. The Beatles
1963 - Please Please Me
1963 - With The Beatles
1964 - A Hard Day’s Night
1964 - Beatles For Sale
1965 - Help!
1965 - Rubber Soul
1966 - Revolver
1967 - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1967 - Magical Mystery Tour
1968 - The Beatles
1969 - Yellow Submarine
1969 - Abbey Road
1970 - Let It Be
32. John Paul
Lennon McCartney
George Ringo
Harrison Starr
33. Britain has many professional orchestras
London Philharmonic London Symphony
These two orchestras are the most famous ones.
35. The Theatre
•In the 20th century Britain has remained one of the world’s
greatest centers for drama.
•Britain has more than 300 professional theatres successfully
producing plays, about 100 of which are in London, half of those
in the West End district.
•Famous theatres in London also include the Royal National
Theatre and the Old-Vic Theatre
37. •Britain hosts more than 600 professional arts
festivals each year
•These festivals attract more than 4 million
visitors
• The two largest arts festivals in Britain are
held in Scotland