Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
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Considered the most significant British composer since seventeenth-century composer Henry Purcell, Benjamin Britten excelled in composing series of songs, operas, and other types of vocal music. Pursuing a youthful interest in the piano, Britten studied at the Royal College of Music in London. His visa mer work drew the favorable attention of critics with the premiere of his Fantasy Quartet for Oboe and Strings in 1934. A conscientious objector in World War II; Britten composed War Requiem (1962) as a tribute to the victims of war everywhere. The composition, which incorporates parts for soloists, choruses, and orchestra, is based on the Latin text of the Mass for the Dead and verses by Wilfred Owen, a young English soldier killed in World War I. Following its first performance at Coventry Cathedral in Coventry, England, it received worldwide acclaim. After World War II, Britten devoted himself principally to composing operas. His first operatic work was Paul Bunyan (1941), a choral operetta about a lumberjack who likes to sing ballads. Britten's two most successful operas are Peter Grimes (1945) and The Turn of the Screw (1954). Other operas by Britten include Rape of Lucretia (1946), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1960), and Death in Venice (1973). Using a remarkable sensitivity to text, Britten evolved vocal melodic lines followed by orchestral interludes that punctuate and enhance the dramatic flow of his operas. Britten died in 1976. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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Verk av Benjamin Britten
A Ceremony of Carols: for treble voices and harp or piano, op. 28 [score] (1942) — Kompositör — 47 exemplar
Peter and the Wolf and The Young Person's Guide to the Opera (1978) — Kompositör; Kompositör — 21 exemplar
Peter and the Wolf / The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Carnival of the Animals (1991) — Kompositör — 18 exemplar
Noye's Fludde (vocal score) 13 exemplar
A Midsummer Night's Dream [programme book] 11 exemplar
String quartet no. 3 ; Simple symphony ; Quartettino ; Alla marcia (sound recording) (1999) 10 exemplar
Billy Budd [programme book] 9 exemplar
Peter Grimes [programme book] 8 exemplar
Phantasy, op. 2, quartet in one movement for oboe, violin, viola and cello (score) (2003) 8 exemplar
Holiday Diary 8 exemplar
Letters from a Life: Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, Vol. 1: 1923-1939 and Vol. 2: 1939-1945 (1991) 8 exemplar
Yo-Yo Ma: Cello Concerto 8 exemplar
The Rape of Lucretia: a symposium by Benjamin Britten, Ronald Duncan, John Piper, Henry Boys, Eric crozier & Angus… (1948) 7 exemplar
String Quartet No. 2 (Score) 7 exemplar
Rejoice in the Lamb / Hymn to St. Cecilia / Missa Brevis & Other Choral Works [sound recording] (2000) 7 exemplar
Friday afternoons 6 exemplar
The Operas of Benjamin Britten: The Complete Librettos : Illustrated With Costume and Set Designs of the First… (1979) 6 exemplar
The Turn of the Screw [programme book] 6 exemplar
Five Flower Songs, Op. 47; A.M.D.G; A Hymn to the Virgin; Choral Dances from 'Gloriana'; Chorale after an Old French… (2003) 6 exemplar
Cello Symphony, op. 68 / Sinfonia da Requiem, op. 20 / Cantata misericordium, op. 69 [sound recording] (1989) 6 exemplar
Billy Budd [vocal score] 5 exemplar
The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35 [high voice & piano] [score] (1946) — Kompositör — 5 exemplar
Britten : Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, op.31 + Elgar : Serenade for strings in E minor, op.20 + Vaughan… (1938) — Kompositör — 5 exemplar
Albert Herring [programme book] 5 exemplar
The Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra / Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge / Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia… (2002) 5 exemplar
Britten : St. Nicolas + Howells : Three carol anthems [sound recording] (2009) — Kompositör — 5 exemplar
Night-Piece (Notturno) 5 exemplar
Paul Bunyan [sound recording] — Kompositör — 5 exemplar
A Ceremony of Carols, Op28 / Rejoice in the Lamb / A Boy Was Born [sound recording] (1991) 5 exemplar
This Little Babe 5 exemplar
Britten on Film [sound recording] 4 exemplar
Simple Symphony / Temporal Variations / Suite on English Folk Tunes [sound recording] (2005) 4 exemplar
The Burning Fiery Furnace [sound recording] 4 exemplar
Hymn to Saint Peter 4 exemplar
The Rape of Lucretia (Vocal Score) 4 exemplar
Sinfonietta 4 exemplar
Sechs Hölderlin Fragmente, Op. 61 [score] 4 exemplar
Sinfonia Da Requiem, Op. 20 / 4 Sea Interludes, Op. 33a / Passacaglia / An American Overture [sound recording] (1995) 4 exemplar
Orchestral Anthology - Volume 2: The Masterworks Library (The Boosey & Hawkes Masterworks Library) (1998) 4 exemplar
Billy Budd 4 exemplar
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia [sound recording] (1990) 4 exemplar
Complete Music for Strings [sound recording] 4 exemplar
String Quartet No. 2 (Parts) 4 exemplar
Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge / Matinees Musicales / Soirees Musicales [sound recording] — Kompositör — 4 exemplar
The Golden Vanity, op.78 : a vaudeville for boys and piano after the old English ballad (1998) 3 exemplar
A Ceremony of Carols / A Boy Was Born / Friday Afternoons / Psalm 150 [sound recording] (1997) 3 exemplar
Our Hunting Fathers / Quatre Chansons Françaises / Folksongs / Sinfonietta, Op. 1 [sound recording] (1998) 3 exemplar
A Ceremony of Carols / Rejoice in Lamb / Missa Brevis / Te Deum / Jubilate [sound recording] (1991) 3 exemplar
Phaedra. Dramatic cantata for mezzo-soprano and small orchestra. Op. 93. Words from a verse translation of… (1998) 3 exemplar
Finzi: Requiem Da Camera / Britten: Cantata Misericordium / Holst: Psalms 86 & 148 (1992) 3 exemplar
String Quartet No. 1 (Score) 3 exemplar
Song Cycles: Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo / Winter Words / Who Are the Children? / Tit for Tat / Let the florid music… (2006) 3 exemplar
A Ceremony of Carols. Friday Afternoons. 3 2-Part Songs/Corp, New London Children's Choir 3 exemplar
Psalm 150 (vocal score) 3 exemplar
Simple Symphony, Op.4 / Prelude and Fugue, Op.29 / Lachrymae, Op.48a / Chacony in G minor [sound recording] (1989) — Kompositör — 3 exemplar
Antiphon 3 exemplar
Death in Venice [programme book] 3 exemplar
Britten Conducts Britten: Operas, Vol. 2 3 exemplar
Saint Nicolas: A Cantata (Vocal Score) 3 exemplar
Sonata for Cello and Piano, op. 65 [score] 3 exemplar
The young person's guide to the orchestra,op.34 : Variations and fugue on a theme of purcell 3 exemplar
Symphony for Cello and Orchestra Op. 68 3 exemplar
Piano concerto, Op.13 [score] — Kompositör — 3 exemplar
Our Hunting Fathers 3 exemplar
String Quartet No. 1 (Parts) 3 exemplar
Owen Wingrave (Vocal Score) 3 exemplar
Prokofiev: Peter And The Wolf / Lieutenant Kije / Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (1996) — Kompositör — 3 exemplar
Symphony No. 2. Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings. Knussen: Symphony No. 3/Ashkenazy, Royal Phil. — Kompositör — 3 exemplar
String Quartet No. 3 (Parts) 3 exemplar
Sinfonia da Requiem / Sea interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes [sound recording] (2005) 3 exemplar
Instruments of the Orchestra 2 exemplar
I Lov'd a Lass 2 exemplar
The Golden Vanity [sound recording] 2 exemplar
The 20th-Century Cello - Matt Haimovitz 2 exemplar
Britten: Cello Symphony / Bridge: Oration 2 exemplar
Simple Symphony / Piano Concerto, Op. 13 / Young Person's Guide to the Opera [sound recording] (2007) 2 exemplar
Britten : Sinfonia da requiem + Holst: The planets [sound recording] (2003) — Kompositör — 2 exemplar
Britten : Young person's guide to the orchestra + Holst : The planets [sound recording] (2009) — Kompositör — 2 exemplar
Noye's Fludde (full score) 2 exemplar
Cadenzas to Haydn's Cello Concerto in C 2 exemplar
Violin concerto in D minor, Op.15 [sound recording] — Kompositör — 2 exemplar
"Wolcum Yole!" (from "A Ceremony of Carols") (SSS with harp/piano accompaniment) (Winthrop Rogers Edition, OCTB1755B /… (1943) 2 exemplar
Death in Venice (Vocal score) 2 exemplar
Three Suites, Opp. 72, 80 & 87: Transcription of Three Suites for Cello, Parts (Faber Edition) (2013) 2 exemplar
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Video) 2 exemplar
Owen Wingrave [programme book] 2 exemplar
The Orchestra: Instruments Revealed 2 exemplar
Complete Songs, Vol. 1 [sound recording] 2 exemplar
Five Flower Songs 2 exemplar
Warlock: Capriol Suite / Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad / Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge [sound… — Kompositör — 2 exemplar
Cello Symphony / Death in Venice Suite 2 exemplar
Britten: Sinfonia Da Requiem / The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Four Sea Interludes, Passacaglia (Peter… (1993) 2 exemplar
Britten : Symphony for cello and orchestra, Op.68 + Elgar : Cello concerto in E minor, Op.85 [sound recording] — Kompositör — 2 exemplar
Four Sea Interludes / Passacaglia / Young Apollo / Lachrymae / Simple Symphony / Suite from 'Death in Venice' /… (1999) 2 exemplar
Cello Symphony / Symphonic Suite From Gloriana/ Four Sea Interludes from 'Peter Grimes' (2011) 2 exemplar
Part Songs 2 exemplar
Noye's Fludde [sound recording] 2 exemplar
Song from the Chinese 2 exemplar
The Evening Primrose Op.47 No.4 2 exemplar
Choral Edition v.3 2 exemplar
Les Illuminations / Sinfonia da Requiem / Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo [sound recording] 2 exemplar
The Birds 2 exemplar
Canticle IV: Journey of the Magi, Op. 86 [for counter-tenor, tenor, baritone & piano] [score] (1998) 2 exemplar
A Hymn of St Columba 2 exemplar
Britten Songs [CD] 2 exemplar
Four Burns Songs. For high voice and piano. From 'A Birthday Hansel' ... Settings of poems by Robert Burns. The piano… (1998) 2 exemplar
Britten : Sinfonia da Requiem + Tchaikovsky : Symphony no.6 in B minor, Op.74 [sound recording] — Kompositör — 2 exemplar
Winter Words / On This Island / Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo / Folksong Arrangements / Canticles I–III [sound… (2000) — Kompositör — 2 exemplar
Britten : Simple Symphony + Britten : Violin concerto, Op.15 + Vaughan Williams : Concerto Accademico [sound recording] (1991) 2 exemplar
Sacheverell Sitwell - Lambert: The Rio Grande / Britten: Four Sea Interludes [sound recording] 1 exemplar
A Time Was Theere 1 exemplar
Benjamin Britten - Gebundeld 1 exemplar
Twelve Variations for Piano 1 exemplar
Advance Democracy 1 exemplar
Three Two-part Songs 1 exemplar
Benjamin Britten — Kompositör — 1 exemplar
Britten Tippett Festival programme 1986 1 exemplar
Psalm 150 (full score) 1 exemplar
Now sleeps the Crimson Petal: tenor, horn, string orchestra (with Solostimme). Partition. 1 exemplar
Young Person's Guide. Suite on English Folk Tunes. Johnson Over Jordan, etc/Hickox, Bournemouth SO 1 exemplar
Fanfare for St. Edmundsbury : for 3 trumpets 1 exemplar
Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87 [score] 1 exemplar
Cello Suite No. 2, Op. 80 [score] 1 exemplar
Friday Afternoons Volume 2 1 exemplar
Death in Venice: L'Avant-scène Opéra 1 exemplar
Compositores 1 exemplar
A tragic story 1 exemplar
Music for Recorders: Scherzo 1 exemplar
Blues and Cabaret Songs [sound recording] 1 exemplar
The ploughboy (Sheet music) 1 exemplar
English Music for Strings 1 exemplar
Cello Suite No. 1, op. 72 [score] 1 exemplar
Metmorphoses for oboe solo; Fantasy quartet for oboe, violin, viola and cello; String Quartet 1 exemplar
Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem & Four Interludes and Passacaglia / Holst: Ballet 'The Perfect Fool' - Egdon Heath [sound… (2008) 1 exemplar
Britten: The Turn of the Screw (Toby Spence, Miah Persson, Susan Bickley, Giselle Allen - Glyndebourne Production)… (2012) 1 exemplar
Lost is my quiet 1 exemplar
The Sally Gardens [score] 1 exemplar
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Four Sea Interludes / Cello Symphony [sound recording] 1 exemplar
BBC Proms 2020 : Prom 06 : Proms at ... Salford Quays [video recording] (2020) — Kompositör — 1 exemplar
Britten : Young person's guide to the orchestra + Elgar : Variations on an original theme 'Enigma', Op.36 [sound… — Kompositör — 1 exemplar
A Boy Was Born. Rejoice in the Lamb/Britten, Purcell Singers. Hartnett, Steele, Todd, Francke 1 exemplar
Quartettino 1940 1 exemplar
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf / Saint-Saens: Carnaval des animaux, zoological fantasy No 1-14 / Britten: The Young… (1998) — Kompositör — 1 exemplar
Beethoven : Violin concerto + Britten : Violin concerto, Op.15 [sound recording] — Kompositör — 1 exemplar
Bax : Tintagel + Britten : Storm {Four Interludes from Peter Grimes} + Elgar : Sea pictures, Op.37 + Stanford : Songs… — Kompositör — 1 exemplar
BBC Proms 2005 : Prom 05 : Michael Berkeley, Benjamin Britten and Vaughan Williams [video recording] (2005) — Kompositör — 1 exemplar
BBC Proms 2020 : Prom 06 : Proms at ... Salford Quays [sound recording] (2020) — Kompositör — 1 exemplar
Escolania de Montserrat: Britten, Mendelssohn, Cererols — Kompositör — 1 exemplar
From Brighton to Brooklyn [sound recording] — Kompositör — 1 exemplar
Saint Saëns: Christmas Oratorio / Britten: A Ceremony of Carols [sound recording] — Kompositör — 1 exemplar
Peter Grimes on Aldeborough Beach 1 exemplar
On this Island. [Songs.] Words by W. H. Auden. Texte frana̧is by Maurice Pourchet. (Op. 11.) 1 exemplar
War Requiem: Requiem Aeternam / Dies Irae 1 exemplar
Sinfonia da Requiem + Four Sea Interludes + Young Person' Guide to the Opera [sound recording] 1 exemplar
Violin Concerto / Double Concerto / Lachrymae [sound recording] — Kompositör — 1 exemplar
A Wedding Anthem (Amo ergo sum). Soprano and tenor soli, choir and organ. Words by Ronald Duncan 1 exemplar
Four Sea Interludes / The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Simple Symphony — Kompositör — 1 exemplar
The Prince of the Pagodas [1990 TV movie] — Kompositör — 1 exemplar
Benjamin Britten : orchestral works 1 exemplar
Julian Bream Edition Vol 12 1 exemplar
Britten : Violin concerto, Op.15 + Heming : Threnody for a Soldier Killed in Action + Rubbra : Symphony No. 5 + Rubbra… — Kompositör — 1 exemplar
Britten: Death in Venice 1 exemplar
THE WORLD OF BRITISH CLASSICS Vl 1 exemplar
The holy sonnets of John Donne 1 exemplar
The Little Sweep, Op. 45 / Rejoice In The Lamb: Festival Cantata, Op. 30 [sound recording] 1 exemplar
The little sweep : Sammy's bath 1 exemplar
The Little Sweep (vocal score) 1 exemplar
Guida del giovane all'orchestra op. 34 - Sinfonia semplice op. 4 - Sei Metamorfosi da Ovidio 1 exemplar
Music for Voice and Guitar [sound recording] 1 exemplar
Benjamin Britten : The Collector's Edition ; The Masterpieces ; The Greatest Artists (37 CDs) 1 exemplar
Missa Brevis: Kyrie [score] 1 exemplar
The World Of Benjamin Britten 1 exemplar
Playful pizzicato, from 'Simple Symphony' 1 exemplar
Paul Bunyan (Vocal Score) 1 exemplar
Britten : Gloriana. Bullock, Spence, Jones. 1 exemplar
The foggy, foggy dew folksong arrangements 1 exemplar
Parfum 1 exemplar
Songs and folksongs 1 exemplar
In the Beginning — Kompositör — 1 exemplar
Britten : The young person's guide to the orchestra, Op.34 + Elgar : Cello concerto in E minor, Op.85 + Vaughan… — Kompositör — 1 exemplar
A Ceremony of Carols: Processional 1 exemplar
To Daffodils Op.47 1 exemplar
Works for Solo Organ [score] 1 exemplar
Ballard of Green Broom Op.47 No.5 1 exemplar
Marsh Flowers Op.47 No.3 1 exemplar
Sinfonia da Requiem / Occasional Overture / American Overture / Suite on English Folk Tunes [sound recording] (1989) 1 exemplar
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Variations on a Nursery Tune [sound recording] 1 exemplar
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Peter Grimes: Sea Interludes / Gloriana: Courtly Dances / A Time There Was:… (1991) 1 exemplar
Four Sea Interludes & Passacaglia From "Peter Grimes" / Sinfonia da Requiem [sound recording] (1976) 1 exemplar
Oliver Cromwell 1 exemplar
Four Sea Interludes / Gloriana Suite / The Prince of the Pagodas: Pas de six [sound recording] 1 exemplar
Shepherd's Carol 1 exemplar
Agnus Dei 1 exemplar
String Quartet No.1 in D major, Op 25 / Shostakovich - Piano Quintet in G major, Op.57 (2007) 1 exemplar
Jubilate in E flat 1 exemplar
Venite 1 exemplar
The National Anthem 1 exemplar
Britten: Four Sea Interludes + Haydn: Symphony No.104 + Shostakovich: Symphony no.1 in F minor, Op.10 [sound recording] (2006) — Kompositör — 1 exemplar
The Beggar's Opera [programme book] 1 exemplar
Britten : composer, conductor, pianist 1 exemplar
The Winter [score] 1 exemplar
Britten : The young person's guide to the orchestra, Op.34 + Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition {orch. Ravel}… — Kompositör — 1 exemplar
Britten: Spring Symphony, War Requiem [Disc 2] — Kompositör — 1 exemplar
Britten: Spring Symphony, War Requiem [Disc 1] — Kompositör — 1 exemplar
Sonata for Cello and Piano, op. 65 1 exemplar
El Maravilloso mundo de la música 1 exemplar
Britten the Performer~Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes; Tchaikovsky / Rossini: Songs&Duets (1999) 1 exemplar
A Chrsitmas Sequence 1 exemplar
Benjamin Britten: Let's Make an Opera 1 exemplar
Peter Grimes 1 exemplar
Sing with Joy (A James Chorale Christmas) 1 exemplar
Britten - Peter Grimes 1 exemplar
Britten the Performer #13 - Shostakovich: Symphony No.14; Britten: Nocturne, Op.60 (1999) 1 exemplar
Britten: String Quartets Nos. 1-3 & Three Divertimenti / Purcell: String Fantasias in Four Parts [sound recording] (2019) 1 exemplar
Britten & Hindemith Violin Concertos 1 exemplar
Nancy's Aria from "Albert Herring" 1 exemplar
Boosey and Hawkes The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books Series by… (2014) 1 exemplar
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An ABC of Music: A Short Practical Guide to the Basic Essentials of Rudiments, Harmony, and Form (1963) — Förord, vissa utgåvor — 111 exemplar
Wolcum Yule: Celtic and British Songs and Carols - Anonymous 4 with Andrew Lawrence-King (2011) — Kompositör — 15 exemplar
Tavener: The Protecting Veil; Thrinos / Britten: Third Suite for Cello, op. 87 (1996) — Bidragsgivare — 9 exemplar
Great British Orchestras: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Volume 1 [sound recording] — Kompositör — 4 exemplar
História da Música, 1935-1950: música para antes e depois de uma guerra (1997) — Bidragsgivare — 3 exemplar
Leonard Bernstein, an American life [music from the radio documentary] — Kompositör — 2 exemplar
Perspectives (Ian Bostridge) [sound recording] — Kompositör — 2 exemplar
BBC Proms 2019 : Prom 03 : CBeebies: A Musical Trip to the Moon [sound recording] (2019) — Kompositör — 1 exemplar
BBC Proms 2021 : Prom 46 : Last Night of the Proms 2021 [sound recording] (2021) — Arranger — 1 exemplar
Best of British : 29 British gems arranged for the intermediate pianist (2012) — Kompositör — 1 exemplar
God Be In My Head - Sacred & Secular Treble Solos [sound recording] (2007) — Kompositör — 1 exemplar
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- Vedertaget namn
- Britten, Benjamin
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Britten, Edward Benjamin
- Andra namn
- Baron Britten of Aldeburgh
- Födelsedag
- 1913-11-22
- Avled
- 1976-12-04
- Begravningsplats
- St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England, UK
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Födelseort
- Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK
- Dödsort
- Aldeburgh, Suffolk, UK
- Bostadsorter
- Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, UK
Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England, UK - Utbildning
- Royal College of Music (BA|1933)
- Yrken
- composer
conductor
pianist - Relationer
- Pears, Peter (life partner)
Bridge, Frank (composition teacher)
Ireland, John (composition teacher)
Benjamin, Arthur (piano teacher) - Organisationer
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Foreign Honorary ∙ Music ∙ 1957)
Peace Pledge Union - Priser och utmärkelser
- Order of Merit (1965)
Order of the Companions of Honour (1953)
Life Peerage (1976)
Commander, Royal Order of the Polar Star (1962)
Hanseatic Goethe Prize (1961)
Royal Philharmonic Society's Gold Medal (1964) (visa alla 12)
Wihuri Sibelius Prize (1965)
Mahler Medal (1967)
Léonie Sonning Music Prize (1968)
Ernst von Siemens Music Prize (1974)
Ravel Prize (1974)
Grammy Awards (1963, 1977)
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