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.
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 619172
from: A Ceremony of Carols op. 28
Winthrop Rogers Edition
for: Women's choir (SSA), harp [piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 487737
for: Choir (one voice), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 910168
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 859247
Ab
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1561347
D
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1029249
F
for: Voice (medium/low), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026394
C
for: Voice (medium/low), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1029413
for: Choir (one voice), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 907746
Irish Tune
for: Choir (one voice), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 911177
C
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1029391
F
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1029393
Eb
for: Voice (medium/low), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026393
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 120694
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 120515
for: Soloists or Mixed Choir [SATB] and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 584354
for: Choir Unison and Organ
Choir score
Item no.: 890480
Comic opera in 3 acts
Lyric book
Item no.: 1341122
for: Cello
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1050755
Winthrop Rogers Festival Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 907572
Die Oper aus Lets make an Opera . An Entertainment for Young People
for: Soloists, Choir, String Quartet, Piano [4-Händig] and Percussion
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 864643
O be joyfull in the Lord, all ye lands
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 120787
Choral Suite
for: Children's Choir [SS] and Piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 889430
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 153799
Coro Testo Inglese-Tedesco
Book
Item no.: 863572
Deo Gracias
for: Children's Choir [Women's Choir] [SSS] and harp [Piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 498355
for: KCH ORCH
Piano reduction
Item no.: 349857
Agnus Dei
for: Tenor, Mixed Choir and organ
Choir score
Item no.: 893240
Words Anon. (Circa 1300)
Winthrop Rogers Church Choral Series No. 10
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 169327
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 578113
for: Children's choir
Choir score
Item no.: 121147
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Buch
Item no.: 578115
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Buch
Item no.: 578116
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1044967
(Christmas Suite)
Choral Programme Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 292966
for female chorus a cappella (one with piano) (alto solo ad lib)
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Score
Item no.: 338615
for: Children's choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 172994
for: Voice (high), piano
Item no.: 120695
No.12 Old Abram Brown
for: Children's Choir [SSSS] and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 471283
aus der Bühnenmusik zu "This Way to the Tomb". Text aus Psalm 70 (Psalm 69 der Vulgata).
Winthrop Rogers Church Choral Series Nr. 112
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 198624
We are the Darkness in the Heat of the Day
for: Mixed Choir [SMezATB] a Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 900858
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1045418
Geistliche Musik
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 579205
God Save The Queen
for: Mixed Choir [SSAATTBB] and Orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 893140
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1044979
for: KCH GCH (4-8)
Item no.: 120480
Old Joe has gone fishing
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 447135
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1045417
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