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.
Including first publication of two further settings
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano
Score
Item no.: 198547
The Masterworks Library
for: Voice, chamber orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 486288
Eight medieval lyrics
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 120510
Study score
Item no.: 120749
for: Piano
Item no.: 120506
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 120691
from 'Gloriana'
for: Voice, guitar
Book
Item no.: 471435
Konzertwerk
for: Blockflötenquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 198232
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 225412
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 298269
to Haydn's Cello Concerto in C
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 888743
Third Parable for Church Performance op. 81
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 120557
for: Mixed Choir [SATB] and Organ- optional Soloists
Piano reduction
Item no.: 471849
Oper in 3 Akten op. 64
Lyric book
Item no.: 771039
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
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 858456
Scenes from a radio drama
Faber Brass Band Series
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 1640729
for: Piano
Item no.: 121013
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 120910
for: Voice (high), piano
Item no.: 120695
for violin, viola and piano parts, archive copy
for: Violin, viola, piano
Piano reduction, 2 solo parts
Item no.: 687867
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 120754
Lyric book
Item no.: 120577
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1026820
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1031922
for: Brass winds, percussion
Score
Item no.: 479251
for: 2 pianos
2 Scores
Item no.: 667391
for: 2 soloists (TBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 907400
Choral Dances
for: Tenor, Choir [SATB/Sa/TTBB] and Harp
Piano reduction
Item no.: 346287
Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 768
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 198733
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 298270
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 328058
Great Band Transcriptions QMB 566
for: Symphonic Band
Score
Item no.: 893105
Suite of Catalan Dances
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 890438
for: Unison Choir and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 486456
We are the Darkness in the Heat of the Day
for: Mixed Choir [SMezATB] a Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 900858
Erstausgabe
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 895189
for: Opera
Buch
Item no.: 1137043
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1026824
from Two Ballads
for: 2 Voices and Piano
Book
Item no.: 867599
Music from the film
for: Voice and Piano or Piano Solo
Book
Item no.: 904554
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 903869
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 911656
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1031913
12 Children's Songs with piano accompaniment
for: Children's Choir and Piano
Book
Item no.: 895964
for: Voice (medium), piano
[englisch]
Item no.: 120680
for voice and chamber orchestra
Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 1562
for: Chamber orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 666900
61 Songs
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 463744
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