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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Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten (sample) is a short canon in A minor, written in 1977 by the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, for string orchestra and...
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Look up Britten or britten in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) was an English composer, conductor and pianist. Britten or Benjamin...
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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'....
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The Canticles constitute a series of five musical works by composer Benjamin Britten. The pieces were written at various points in his career, with three...
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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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Canticle V: The Death of Saint Narcissus (category Compositions by Benjamin Britten)
1974 composition for tenor and harp by Benjamin Britten, the last part of his series of five Canticles. Britten set a poem by T. S. Eliot, beginning "Come...
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David Hemmings (category Benjamin Britten)
composer Benjamin Britten, who formed a close friendship with him at this time. Most notably Hemmings created the role of Miles in Britten's chamber opera...
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Wigmore Hall (section Benjamin Britten)
Segovia, Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten and Francis Poulenc. The Hall maintained a particularly fruitful relationship with Benjamin Britten, both as composer...
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Maggi Hambling (section Memorial to Benjamin Britten)
Scallop (2003) celebrates the composer Benjamin Britten and stands on the beach outside Aldeburgh, Suffolk, near Britten's homes and not far from Hambling's...
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War Requiem (redirect from Requiem (Britten))
The 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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Peter Pears (category Benjamin Britten)
English tenor. His career was closely associated with the composer Benjamin Britten, his personal and professional partner for nearly forty years. Pears'...
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small television roles, he portrayed Benjamin Britten as a schoolboy in the docudrama by Tony Britten, Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict (2013), also featuring...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (opera) (redirect from A Midsummer Night's Dream (Britten))
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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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 Crabbe's...
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Billy Budd (opera) (category Operas by Benjamin Britten)
Billy Budd, Op. 50, is an opera by Benjamin Britten to a libretto by the novelist E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier, based on the short novel Billy Budd by...
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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 was...
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compositions from Alexandre Desplat and supplemented existing music by Benjamin Britten, as well as classical songs from Hank Williams, Leonard Bernstein,...
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Frank Bridge (category Benjamin Britten)
receiving the patronage of Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge. According to Benjamin Britten, Bridge had strong pacifist convictions, and he was deeply disturbed...
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15–16), producer (tracks 1–12, 14–16), performer (tracks 1–12, 14–16) Benjamin Britten – composer (tracks 13–14), conductor (track 13) Jacob Moreno – engineer...
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he lived. Benjamin Zander took lessons with Benjamin Britten and became a student of theory of Britten's amanuensis and assistant, Imogen Holst.[citation...
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French Foreign Legion. Parts of the soundtrack of the movie are from Benjamin Britten's 1951 opera based on the novella. Adjudant-Chef Galoup of the French...
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Benjamin Britten Academy (formerly The Benjamin Britten High School) is a coeducational secondary school located in the northern outskirts of Lowestoft...
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An American Overture (category Compositions by Benjamin Britten)
Overture) Op. 27 is an orchestral composition by Benjamin Britten. It was composed in 1941 while Britten and his life partner, the tenor Peter Pears, lived...
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Imogen Holst (category Benjamin Britten)
of music education and activity. In the early 1950s Holst became Benjamin Britten's musical assistant, moved to Aldeburgh, and began helping with the...
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Alexander's Feast); Charles Gounod (St. Cecilia Mass); as well as Benjamin Britten, who was born on her feast day (Hymn to St Cecilia, based on a poem...
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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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Curlew River (category Operas by Benjamin Britten)
an English music drama, with music by Benjamin Britten to a libretto by William Plomer. The first of Britten's three 'Parables for Church Performance'...
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singers including Harry Cox, and a diverse range of musicians including Benjamin Britten, Burl Ives, A.L. Lloyd and Ye Vagabonds have arranged and recorded...
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Corpus Christi Carol (category Compositions by Benjamin Britten)
recorded the song in 1961 with Benjamin Britten himself at the piano. The song was included in a record with a group of other Britten songs taken from a set of...
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