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Aldeburgh

British  
/ ˈɔːlbərə /

noun

  1. a small resort in SE England, in Suffolk: site of an annual music festival established in 1948 by Benjamin Britten. Pop: 2654 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Rent hikes have proved particularly controversial in Leiston, traditionally seen as more affordable than the affluent coastal towns of Aldeburgh and Southwold.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2025

In two sold-out nights of meaty, early-20th-century orchestral works at the Aldeburgh Festival in June, the Sinfonia produced two dazzlingly colorful performances, underpinned by a ravishing, at times eccentrically exuberant string sound.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2023

The Scottish-born musician was due to perform on the 9, 15 and 18 June at the Aldeburgh Festival in Suffolk.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2022

Benjamin Britten, among Britain’s greatest 20th-century composers, reportedly left at the intermission of the 1968 premiere of Mr. Birtwistle’s chamber opera “Punch and Judy” at Britten’s own Aldeburgh Festival.

From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2022

Lady Aldeburgh bounded mentally over five-and-twenty or thirty years and became matronly, even maternal.

From The Eldest Son by Marshall, Archibald

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