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.
Score
Item no.: 120485
Score
Item no.: 120844
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 622514
Suite of five movements from Rossini
Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 777
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 486290
Irish Tune
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 891816
Oper in 3 Akten
for: Opera
Study score
Item no.: 909818
Irish Tune
for: Choir (one voice), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 911177
The Chester Miracle Play
for: Soli [ABarB], Narrator, Children's Choir and Instruments
Study score
Item no.: 198732
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 197789
for: 2 pianos
Ensemble score
Item no.: 197729
for: 3 trumpets
Set of parts
Item no.: 171228
Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 826
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 150363
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1553391
for: Piano
Piano Duet
Item no.: 1612808
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1589183
for: Cello
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1050755
for: Piano
Item no.: 120890
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 120813
Scenes from a radio drama
Faber Brass Band Series
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1640728
for: Violin, viola, piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 622913
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 120711
for: Brass winds, percussion
Set of parts
Item no.: 120698
for: Orchester, [gemischter Chor]
Item no.: 120531
for: Voice (medium/low), piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 489724
Realizations by Benjamin Britten
for: Voice (medium/low), piano
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 555783
The Chester Miracle Play
for: Soli [ABarB], Narrator, Children's Choir and Instruments
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 911757
Oper in 2 Akten(libretto)
Book
Item no.: 911467
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Book
Item no.: 338374
for: Soloists [TBar], Mixed Choir [SATB] and Orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 303013
Words from the "Missa pro Defunctis" and the poems of Wilfred Owen
for: 3 soloists (STB), boys’ choir, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 375673
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1044967
Score
Item no.: 328136
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 493768
for: Voice (high), piano
Item no.: 167598
On a Theme of Purcell
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 687723
Prüfungsliteratur
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 194609
for recorder trio (descant 1, descant 2, treble)
score
for: 3 recorders
Ensemble score
Item no.: 198231
for: 2 Pianos and Orchestra
Book
Item no.: 197731
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 197730
for: String Quartet or String Orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 277434
No. 5 of the Choral Dances from the opera Gloriana
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 889114
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 498357
Harmonia Sacra
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 892563
from "Let's make an Opera"
Songs for the Audience
for: 4 voices
Single part(n)
Item no.: 682243
From A Ceremony Of Carols
for: SATB and Harp or Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862198
No. 4 Now Thro' Nght's Caressing Grip
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 896320
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 868451
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