Benjamin Britten

Benjamin Britten's last completed composition, Welcome Ode was originally written for school choir and orchestra. The 3 movements - Jig, Roundel and Canon , here transcribed for strings (score and par...

Britten's Two Portraits for strings - the composer himself called them 'Sketches' - were composed in August and September 1930, during the summer holidays preceding the sixteen-year-old composer's fir...

Un delizioso arrangiamento di questo vivace movimento di pizzicato dalla Simple Symphony di Britten. La sezione Trio fa uso di armonici per replicare le corde aperte e strimpellate dell'originale.

Tema 'Sacher', composed by Benjamin Britten, for solo cello in digital sheet music format.

Waltz (No.2 from 'Five Waltzes'), composed by Benjamin Britten and arranged by Paul Harris and Sally Adams for flute with piano accompaniment in digital sheet music format.

Temporal Variations, composed by Benjamin Britten for oboe with piano accompaniment in digital sheet music format.

Benjamin Britten's performances and realisations of the songs and other music by Henry Purcell extended over at least thirty years, from the early nineteen forties onwards. In Purcell he found a kindr...

This familiar standard by English composer Benjamin Britten has become the classic introduction to the sights and sounds of the orchestra for young people. Enhance music appreciation and explore the u...

This familiar standard by English composer Benjamin Britten has become one of the classic introductions to the sights and sounds of the orchestra for young people. Enhance music appreciation and explo...

This is the full text of the speech made by Benjamin Britten when he was presented with the first Aspen Award at Aspen, Colorado, on 31st July, 1964.It is a fascinating document in which, for the firs...

Throughout his compositional work, Benjamin Britten did his part to support young people in their musical education---one has only to think, for example, of works such as The Young Person's Guide to t...

After composing the unconventional but highly successful Night Piece (Notturno) for the inaugural Leeds International Piano Competition, Marion Harewood, the competition's co-founder along with Dame F...

Britten's 6 minute cadenza was requested by Sviatoslav Richter and written in the summer of 1966 in Aldeburgh before being toured by Richter.

Moderato & Nocturne is bursting with character and charm, these engaging and accessible pieces originate from Britten’s early unpublished Sonata Romantica. Ideal teaching pieces, they offer a wide gam...

Britten composed this engaging set of Twelve Variations during his first year at the Royal College of Music, London in 1931, shortly before beginning work on his String Quartet in D Major. Like that q...

With a duration of 10 minutes, these Five Waltzes for solo piano were part of a collection of '10 Walztes' composed when Britten was 12 years old.

Three Character Pieces, composed by Benjamin Britten. Arranged for piano solo in digital sheet music format. Written in 1930 and lasting 7 minutes in total, these pieces are portraits of three of Brit...

Nocturnal after John Dowland for Guitar Op.70 written by Benjamin Britten and edited by Julian Bream. Arranged for solo guitar in digital sheet music format.

The full score to Russian Funeral, composed by Benjamin Britten for brass and percussion in digital sheet music format.