Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) was arguably one of the most important English composers of all time, and he was instrumental in the regeneration of English music in the twentieth century. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all his incredible works, which helped put Britain back on the musical map, with Stretta Music today!
Benjamin Britten was never short of imagination. Like Mozart and Schubert, he composed easily and spontaneously, and never resorted to artificially constructed compositional processes. Britten was particularly influenced by English folk and renaissance, particularly by Henry Purcell, and he was also inspired by the neoclassical works Igor Stravinsky.
Benjamin Britten saw his first success at the young age of 19, when he composed his Phantasy Quartet for oboe and strings, and one of his most famous pieces, his Simple Symphony, followed just a few years later. Other well-known instrumental works include his 1946 The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra.
In 1962 Britten composed one of his most intense works, Britten’s War Requiem, in which he deals with the horrors of war, and advocates for peace. The work was commissioned for and premiered at the grand re-consecration of Coventry Cathedral in 1962, which was razed in a bomb raid in 1940.
“My theme is war and the suffering of war. Poetry is in suffering... All a poet can do today is: warn.” Wilfred Owen
Britten composed a great deal of choral, chamber, symphonic and instrumental works, particularly for piano and strings. Britten’s stage work is also extensive, including 12 operas and several ballets. One of his most contentious yet popular operas is Peter Grimes from 1945.
English
for: Libretto
Book
Item no.: 863704
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 194608
for: Cello, orchestra
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 192911
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 497831
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 559171
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 158427
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Buch
Item no.: 579207
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Buch
Item no.: 578115
for: Viola, piano
Buch
Item no.: 858367
for: Voice (high), orchestra
Partitur, [französisch, englisch]
Item no.: 120755
for: Voice (medium), piano
Item no.: 120679
Score
Item no.: 120605
for: Children's choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 172994
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 335732
Score
Item no.: 120625
From "Folksong Arrangements: Volume 5 - British Isles"
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 791507
From "Folksong Arrangements: Volume 3 - British Isles"
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 791508
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1045431
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 328058
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1026820
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 298270
Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 768
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 198733
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 890438
Choral Dances
for: Tenor, Choir [SATB/Sa/TTBB] and Harp
Piano reduction
Item no.: 346287
for: Symphonic Band
Score
Item no.: 893105
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1031922
for: 2 soloists (TBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 907400
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 858456
for: Violin, viola, piano
Piano reduction, 2 solo parts
Item no.: 687867
for: 2 pianos
2 Scores
Item no.: 667391
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 1640729
for: Brass winds, percussion
Score
Item no.: 479251
Lyric book
Item no.: 120577
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 120754
for: Voice (high), piano
Item no.: 120695
for: Piano
Item no.: 121013
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 120910
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 638737
BH Large Choral
for: Piano Reduction
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1212409
Second suite of five movements from Rossini
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 911799
for piano left hand and orchestra
for: Piano [Left Hand] and Orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 330345
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 180415
The Courtly Dances
for: Symphonic orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 904003
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Book
Item no.: 198548
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 621642
for: Narrator, Solists, SATB and Piano Accompaniment
Buch
Item no.: 859935
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Buch
Item no.: 586583
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