Benjamin Britten

Born:  Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, November 22, 1913

Died:  Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England, December 4, 1976

Major Works:

  • Operas:

    • Peter Grimes

    • The Rape of Lucretia

    • Albert Herring

    • Let's Make an Opera

    • Billy Budd

    • The Turn of the Screw

    • A Midsummer Night's Dream
       

  • Orchestral Music:  

    • Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge

    • Sinfonia da Requiem

    • The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
       

  • Choral Music:

    • Spring Symphony, for soloists, chorus, and orchestra
       

  • Other Works:

    • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra

    • Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

    • Scottish Ballad, for two pianos and orchestra

    • Serenade, for tenor, horn, and string orchestra

    • A Ceremony of Carols

    • Hymn to St. Cecelia

    • Saint Nicolas

    • Cloriana

    • The Prince of the Pagodas

Source: Cross, Milton, and David Ewen. 1962. Milton Cross' Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music. Garden City, New York: Doubleday.










   

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