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 treble voices and harp
for: Women's choir (SSA), harp [piano]
Score
Item no.: 198583
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 225412
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 198586
for high voice and harp
for: Voice, harp
Music score
Item no.: 120668
63 Songs
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 625885
for mixed chorus and harp
score (= vocal score)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), harp [piano]
Piano score
Item no.: 198585
Der Raub der Lukrezia - Oper in 2 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 619362
Winthrop Rogers Festival Series
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 476962
Third Parable for Church Performance op. 81
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 120759
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell with narrator ad lib.
Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 606
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 198730
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
for voice and chamber orchestra
Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 1562
for: Chamber orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 666900
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
61 Songs
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 463744
Oper in drei Akten op. 64
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 198782
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1029386
for two voices (SS) and piano
for: 2 voices, piano
Score
Item no.: 564919
13 Songs
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 369538
45 Songs
Realizations by Benjamin Britten
for: Voice (medium/low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 489729
Five songs
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 292406
The Masterworks Library
for: 3 soloists (STB), boys’ choir, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 297537
Eine Kantate für: Tenor-Solo, gemischten Chor, KInderchor, Klavier, Streicher, Schlagzeug und Orgel
Piano reduction
Item no.: 242954
An Opera in three Acts and a Prologue
Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 749
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 365371
Oper/Operette
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Book
Item no.: 216969
for: Voice, horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 198569
12 Kinderlieder mit Klavierbegleitungop. 7
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 184989
Reflections on a Song by Dowland
for: Viola and String Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 208920
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 297536
for: String Quartet or String Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 582701
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 486292
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 330347
for: Cello
Item no.: 120912
Geistliche Musik
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 579205
Oper in 3 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 908342
Quartet in one movement
for: Oboe, violin, viola, cello
Study score
Item no.: 198728
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 295572
for: Harp
Item no.: 120590
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 120471
Carmen Basiliense
for: Soli [SATB], Choir and Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 487272
for: Oboe
Music score
Item no.: 198254
Reflections on a Song of Dowland
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 197962
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 373280
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 216968
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 120951
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 120950
60 Songs for medium/low voice and piano
for: Voice (medium/low), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 624038
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