Benjamin Britten

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Benjamin Britten    composed the opera    Billy Budd Based on the Herman Melville novel; first performed in London in December, 1951 Music > Operas

Benjamin Britten    composed the opera    Peter Grimes The first of Britten's operas to be a critical and popular success (1945) Music > Operas

Benjamin Britten    composed the opera    Albert Herring Comic chamber opera written as a companion piece for "The Rape of Lucretia" Music > Operas

Benjamin Britten    composed the opera    A Midsummer Night's Dream Britten's estranged collaborator, WH Auden dismissed it as "dreadful-pure Kensington" Music > Operas

Benjamin Britten    composed    The War Requiem Music > Classical Music

Arvo Part    composed    Cantus in Memorium Benjamin Britten Written by the Estonian composer in 1977 after the death of Britten in 1976; used in Fahrenheit 9/11 Music > Classical Music

Benjamin Britten    composed    The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Subtitled Variations and a Fugue on a Theme of Purcell; 1946 Music > Classical Music

Benjamin Britten    composed the opera    Death in Venice Britten's last opera, 1973 Music > Operas

Benjamin Britten    composed    The Rape of Lucretia 1946 Music > Classical Music

Benjamin Britten    composed    The Turn of the Screw (1954) Based on the novella of the same name by Henry James. Music > Classical Music

'A Simple Symphony'    was composed by    Benjamin Britten 1934 Music > Symphonies Known by Name Only

'Sinfonia Da Requiem'    was composed by    Benjamin Britten 1940 - Requiem Symphony Music > Symphonies Known by Name Only

'Spring Symphony'    was composed by    Benjamin Britten 1949 Music > Symphonies Known by Name Only

Benjamin Britten    was born in    England 1913-1976; composer of opera and The War Requiem Music > Classical Composer - Nationality

Benjamin Britten    composed    "Five Flower Songs" Music > Art Songs

Benjamin Britten    composed    "Friday Afternoons" Op. 7; 12 songs Music > Art Songs

Benjamin Britten    composed    "Les Illuminations" Op. 18; 9 songs to texts by Arthur Rimbaud Music > Art Songs

Benjamin Britten    composed    "On This Island" Op. 11; 5 song cycle Music > Art Songs

Benjamin Britten    composed    "Our Hunting Fathers" Op. 8; 5 song cycle Music > Art Songs

Benjamin Britten    composed    "Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo" To texts by Michelangelo Buonarroti Music > Art Songs

Benjamin Britten    composed    "Winter Words" Op. 52; eight song cycle to texts by Thomas Hardy Music > Art Songs

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau    recorded    Benjamin Britten, War Requiem London Symphony, various ensembles and soloists; Decca, 1963 Music > Classical Albums - 1960-1979

London Symphony Orchestra    recorded    Benjamin Britten, War Requiem Galina Vishnevskaya, Peter Pears, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; Decca, 1963 Music > Classical Albums - 1960-1979