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    Saint Nicolas, Op. 42, is a cantata with music by Benjamin Britten on a text by Eric Crozier, completed in 1948. It covers the legendary life of Saint...
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    creatures. In 1948, Benjamin Britten completed a cantata, Saint Nicolas on a text by Eric Crozier which covers the saint's legendary life in a dramatic...
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    Death of Saint Narcissus, Op. 89, is a composition for tenor and harp by Benjamin Britten, the last part of his series of five Canticles. Britten set a poem...
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    Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure...
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  • name of Drake's Island, Plymouth Sound, England Saint Nicolas, a 1948 cantata with music by Benjamin Britten and text by Eric Crozier St. Nicholas Centre...
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    compositions includes all the published works by English composer Benjamin Britten with opus number. Paul Bunyan, Op. 17: Operetta in two acts, 114'. Libretto...
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    War Requiem, Op. 66, is a choral and orchestral composition by Benjamin Britten, composed mostly in 1961 and completed in January 1962. The War Requiem...
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    the Screw is a 20th-century English chamber opera composed by Benjamin Britten, with a libretto by Myfanwy Piper, based on the 1898 novella The Turn of...
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  • Nocturne, Op. 60, is a song cycle by Benjamin Britten, written for tenor, seven obbligato instruments and strings. The seven instruments are flute, cor...
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    opera based on Britten's Hymn to St Cecilia and sang in Britten's St Nicolas. In October, he narrated the concert world premiere of Britten in America for...
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    Tunes, Book 1, George Dyson Saint Nicolas by Benjamin Britten (1948 cantata) – the final movement IX, The Death of Nicolas Joy Beyond the Sorrow: Indelible...
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    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, is an opera with music by Benjamin Britten and set to a libretto adapted by the composer and Peter Pears from William...
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  • Illuminations (The Illuminations), Op. 18, is a song cycle by Benjamin Britten, first performed in 1940. It is composed for soprano or tenor soloist and...
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  • Symphony, Op. 68, was written in 1963 by the British composer Benjamin Britten. He dedicated the work to Mstislav Rostropovich, who gave the work its...
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    Aldeburgh Festival (category Benjamin Britten)
    Saint Peter and Saint Paul. It featured a performance of Albert Herring by the English Opera Group; Britten's newly written Saint Nicolas; and performances...
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  • Benjamin Britten's Violin Concerto, Op. 15, was written from 1938 to 1939 and dedicated to Henry Boys, his former teacher at the Royal College of Music...
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    Peter Pears (category Benjamin Britten)
    modern times. With Britten, Pears was a co-founder of the Aldeburgh Festival in 1947 and the Britten-Pears School in 1972. After Britten died in 1976, Pears...
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  • Benjamin Britten's Sinfonietta was composed in 1932, at the age of 18, while he was a student at the Royal College of Music. It was first performed in...
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  • The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (category Compositions by Benjamin Britten)
    Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34, is a 1945 musical composition by Benjamin Britten with a subtitle Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell. It was based...
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  • Eric Crozier (category Benjamin Britten)
    His first opera libretto for Britten was Albert Herring (1947). He wrote the librettos for the cantata Saint Nicolas (1948), the children's opera Let's...
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    A Ceremony of Carols (category Cantatas by Benjamin Britten)
    Carols, Op. 28 is an extended choral composition for Christmas by Benjamin Britten scored for three-part treble chorus, solo voices, and harp. The text, structured...
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    Curlew River (category Operas by Benjamin Britten)
    English music drama, with music by Benjamin Britten to a libretto by William Plomer. The first of Britten's three 'Parables for Church Performance', the...
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    Albert Herring (category Operas by Benjamin Britten)
    Albert Herring, Op. 39, is a chamber opera in three acts by Benjamin Britten. Composed in the winter of 1946 and the spring of 1947, this comic opera...
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  • Canticles constitute a series of five musical works by composer Benjamin Britten. The pieces were written at various points in his career, with three of...
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  • Britten Pears Arts is a large music education organisation based in Suffolk, England. It aims to continue the legacy of composer Benjamin Britten and...
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  • Benjamin Britten's Piano Concerto, Op. 13, is the composer's sole piano concerto. The piece was written in 1938 and then revised in 1945, including the...
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    Peter Grimes (category Operas by Benjamin Britten)
    Peter Grimes, Op. 33, is an opera in three acts by Benjamin Britten, with a libretto by Montagu Slater based on the section "Peter Grimes", in George...
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    Louis-Nicolas d'Avout (French pronunciation: [lwi nikɔla davu]; 10 May 1770 – 1 June 1823), better known as Davout, 1st Prince of Eckmühl, 1st Duke of...
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  • are assigned this number include: Arnold – Homage to the Queen BrittenSaint Nicolas Bruch – Romance in A minor Busoni – Berceuse élégiaque Chopin –...
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