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.
Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 1196
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 896289
Eb
for: Piano, Voice, Low Voice, Medium Voice
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1561488
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 868492
Choral Suite
for: Children's Choir [SS] and Piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 889430
C
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026389
D
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026386
Db
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026385
C
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1561343
Ab
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1612317
for: Soloists or Mixed Choir [SATB] and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 584354
Opera in two acts op. 50
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1031288
Eine Kantate
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 616315
Old Joe has gone fishing
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 447135
C
for: Voice (medium/low), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026395
Score
Item no.: 471857
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 608846
op. 88
Stage Works Vocal Scores
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 1031987
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell with narrator ad lib.
Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 606
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1681460
Wolcum Yole!
for: Mixed Choir [SATB] and Piano [Harp]
Choir score
Item no.: 886935
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 489723
Komische Oper in 3 Akten op. 39
Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 854
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 367846
Prüfungsliteratur
for: Viola, piano
Book
Item no.: 369911
G
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026392
F
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1029407
C
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1029404
C
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1029394
for: Children's Choir and instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 902309
opera in two acts op. 88
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 120641
6 Songs
for: High [Medium] Voice and Piano
Book
Item no.: 905443
Oper in 3 Akten op. 64
Lyric book
Item no.: 771039
for: Mixed Choir [SATB] and Organ- optional Soloists
Piano reduction
Item no.: 471849
Words from the Gradual of the Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 351021
Ab
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1561346
C
for: Voice (medium/low), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1029288
Third Parable for Church Performance op. 81
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 120557
Balulalow
for: Children's Choir [Women's Choir] [SSS] and harp [Piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 868313
Oper In Zwei Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1031911
Oper/Operette
for: Bass-Baritone and Piano
Book
Item no.: 351219
Komische Oper in 3 Akten op. 39
free adapted from a short Story by Guy de Montpassant
Neue korrigierte Ausgabe 1981
Lyric book
Item no.: 340123
for: 2 Voices [High/Medium] and Piano
Book
Item no.: 604162
C
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1029392
F
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1029405
Dm
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1561344
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1031925
An Opera in three Acts and a Prologue
Lyric book
Item no.: 156411
Words from the "Missa pro Defunctis" and the poems of Wilfred Owen
for: 3 soloists (STB), boys’ choir, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 198636
Amo ergo sum
for: Soloists [ST], Mixed Choir and organ
Choir score
Item no.: 903136
from Saint Nicolas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 865202
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