List of compositions by Benjamin Britten

Benjamin Britten in 1968

This list of compositions includes all the published works by English composer Benjamin Britten with opus number.

## By genre

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### Operas

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Paul Bunyan, Op. 17:

* Operetta in two acts, 114'.
* Libretto by W. H. Auden, after the American folktale.
* Premiered on 5 May 1941 at Brander Matthews Hall, New York.
* Published by Faber Music.

Peter Grimes, Op. 33:

* Opera in a prologue and three acts, 147'.
* Libretto by Montagu Slater, after the poem The Borough by George Crabbe.
* Premiered on 7 June 1945 at Sadler's Wells, London.
* Published by Boosey & Hawkes.

The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37:

* Opera in two acts, 107'.
* Libretto by Ronald Duncan, after the play Le Viol de Lucrèce by André Obey.
* Premiered on 12 July 1946 at Glyndebourne.
* Published by Boosey & Hawkes.

Albert Herring, Op. 39:

* Comic opera in three acts, 137'.
* Libretto by Eric Crozier, loosely after the short story Le Rosier de Mme. Husson by Guy de Maupassant.
* Premiered on 20 June 1947 at Glyndebourne.
* Published by Boosey & Hawkes.

The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43:

* Ballad opera, 108'.
* Libretto after the ballad opera by John Gay.
* Premiered on 24 May 1948 at the Cambridge Arts Theatre.
* Published by Boosey & Hawkes.

Let's Make an Opera (The Little Sweep), Op. 45:

* An Entertainment for Young People, 130'.
* Libretto by Eric Crozier.
* Premiered on 14 June 1949 at Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh Festival.
* Published by Boosey & Hawkes.

Billy Budd, Op. 50:

* Opera in four acts, 162'.
* Libretto by E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier, after the novella by Herman Melville.
* Premiered on 1 December 1951 at the Royal Opera House, London.
* Published by Boosey & Hawkes.

Billy Budd (revised):

* Opera in two acts, 158'.
* Premiered on 9 January 1964 at the Royal Opera House, London.
* Published by Boosey & Hawkes.

Gloriana, Op. 53:

* Opera in three acts, 148'.
* Libretto by William Plomer, after Elizabeth and Essex by Lytton Strachey.
* Premiered on 8 June 1953 at the Royal Opera House, London.
* Published by Boosey & Hawkes.

The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54:

* Opera in a prologue and two acts, 101'.
* Libretto by Myfanwy Piper, after the novella by Henry James.
* Premiered on 14 September 1954 at Teatro La Fenice, Venice.
* Published by Boosey & Hawkes.

Noye's Fludde, Op. 59:

* Music-theatre for community performance, 50'.
* Libretto after the Chester Miracle Play as published in English Miracle Plays, Moralities and Interludes
* Premiered on 18 June 1958 at Orford Church, Aldeburgh Festival.
* Published by Boosey & Hawkes.

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64:

* Opera in three acts, 144'.
* Libretto by the composer and Peter Pears, after the play by Shakespeare.
* Premiered on 11 June 1960 at Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh Festival.
* Published by Boosey & Hawkes.

Owen Wingrave, Op. 85:

* Opera for television in two acts, 106'.
* Libretto by Myfanwy Piper, after the short story by Henry James.
* Premiered on 16 May 1971 in a BBC2 TV broadcast. First staged on 10 May 1973 at the Royal Opera House, London.
* Published by Faber Music.

Death in Venice, Op. 88:

* Opera in two acts, 145'.
* Libretto by Myfanwy Piper, after the novella by Thomas Mann.
* Premiered on 16 June 1973, Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh Festival.
* Published by Faber Music.

### Church parables

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* Curlew River (Op. 71; 1964), based on a Japanese Noh play
* The Burning Fiery Furnace (Op. 77; 1966), after the Book of Daniel, Chapter 3
* The Prodigal Son (Op. 81; 1968), after the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 15

### Ballets

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* Plymouth Town (ballet for small orchestra; 1931)
* The Prince of the Pagodas (Op. 57; 1956)
* Les Sylphides after Chopin (1940)

### Orchestral

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* "Two Portraits" for string orchestra (1930). No. 2 is subtitled "E.B.B" – his own initials, and thus a self-portrait (also arr. for viola and strings). No. 3 was unrealised.
* Sinfonietta, Op. 1, for five winds and five strings (1932), revised for chamber orchestra (1936)
* Simple Symphony, Op. 4, for string orchestra (1934)
* Soirées musicales, Op. 9, after Rossini (1936)
* Russian Funeral (1936)
* King Arthur (suite for orchestra, arranged from incidental music for a BBC Radio production by Paul Hindmarsh, 1937/ 2005)
* Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10, for string orchestra (1937)
* Mont Juic, Op. 12, a suite of Catalan Dances, jointly composed with Lennox Berkeley (1937)
* Canadian Carnival, Op. 19, (1939)
* Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20, (1940)
* Matinées musicales, Op. 24, after Rossini (1941)
* An American Overture, Op. 27, (1941)
* Prelude and Fugue for 18 Strings, Op. 29, (1943)
* Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a & 33b, for orchestra (1945)
* The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34, (1946)
* Occasional Overture, Op. 38, (1946)
* Men of Goodwill – variations on a Christmas carol (1947)
* Variations on an Elizabethan Theme, jointly composed with Lennox Berkeley, Arthur Oldham, Humphrey Searle, Michael Tippett and William Walton (1953)
* Symphonic Suite from Gloriana, Op. 53a, (1954)
* Suite on English Folk Tunes, A Time There Was..., Op. 90, for chamber orchestra (1966/1974)

### Concertante

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* Rondo Concertante for piano and strings (1930)
* Double Concerto for Violin, Viola and Orchestra (1932). "Instrumentation...virtually 100% Britten" (Matthews, Erato sleeve note, 1999 – Colin Matthews realised the orchestration).
* Piano Concerto, Op. 13, (1938; rev. 1945, the original third movement – Recitative and Aria – replaced by an Impromptu)
* Violin Concerto, Op. 15, (1939; rev. 1958)
* Young Apollo, Op. 16, for piano, string quartet and string orchestra (1939)
* Diversions for Piano Left Hand and Orchestra, Op. 21, (1940; rev. 1954)
* Scottish Ballad, Op. 26, for two pianos and orchestra (1941)
* Clarinet Concerto (incomplete: 1st movement only, 1942/3, orch. by Colin Matthews, who later added two further movements from 1940s Britten sketches, incl. Sonata for Orchestra; resulting work, Movements for a Clarinet Concerto, first published 2008)
* In memoriam Dennis Brain (c. 1958), unfinished sketch for four horns and orchestra.
* Cello Symphony, Op. 68, (1963)

### Vocal/choral orchestral

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* Quatre Chansons Françaises for soprano and orchestra (1928)
* Two Psalms for chorus and orchestra (1931)
* Our Hunting Fathers, Op. 8, for soprano or tenor and orchestra (words by W. H. Auden and others; 1936)
* The Company of Heaven for speakers, soloists, chorus and orchestra (BBC, September 1937, not performed again until 1989)
* The World of the Spirit for speakers, SATB soloists, chorus and orchestra (BBC, May 1938)
* Ballad of Heroes, Op. 14, for tenor or soprano, chorus and orchestra (words by W. H. Auden and Randall Swingler; 1939)
* Les Illuminations, Op. 18, for soprano or tenor and strings (words by Arthur Rimbaud) (1939; three further songs, not included in the cycle, also exist — another setting also called 'Phrase', and 'Aube' and 'A une raison'; they have been orchestrated by Colin Matthews; there also exists a sketch for a further Rimbaud setting)
* Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31, (1943)
* The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard for male voice choir and piano (1943)
* The Rescue of Penelope for voices and orchestra (1943)
* Saint Nicolas, Op. 42, for tenor soloist, children's chorus, chorus, and orchestra (1948)
* Spring Symphony, Op. 44, for soprano, contralto, and tenor soloists, mixed chorus, boys' choir and orchestra (1949)
* Nocturne, Op. 60, for tenor, seven obbligato instruments and strings (1958)
* Cantata academica, Op. 62, for soloists, chorus and orchestra (1959)
* War Requiem, Op. 66, for soprano, tenor and baritone soloists, chamber ensemble, boys' chorus, mixed chorus, and orchestra (1961)
* Cantata misericordium, Op. 69, for tenor and baritone soloists, small chorus, string quartet, string orchestra, piano, harp, timpani (1963)
* Phaedra, Op. 93, for mezzo-soprano, cello, harpsichord, percussion, and string orchestra (words by Robert Lowell; after Jean Racine's Phèdre; 1975)
* Praise we great men for soloists, chorus and orchestra (words by Edith Sitwell; 1976. Completed by Colin Matthews, 1985)
* Welcome Ode, Op. 95, for young people's voices and orchestra (1976)

### Vocal

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* Beware! Three Early Songs for voice and piano (1) "Beware!" (words by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; 1922) (2) "O that I had ne'er been Married" (words by Robert Burns; 1922) (3) "Epitaph: The Clerk" (words by Herbert Asquith; 1926; rev. 1968, published 1985
* Tit for Tat for voice and piano (words by Walter de la Mare; 1928–31; (1) "A Song of Enchantment" (2) "Autumn" (3) "Silver" (4) "Vigil" (5) "Tit for Tat";[1] rev. and published 1969;[2] premiered by John Shirley-Quirk and the composer at the 1969 Aldeburgh Festival)[3]
* The Birds (Belloc; 1929, rev. 1934)
* On this Island, Op. 11, for high voice and piano (1937) (words by W. H. Auden)
* Fish in the Unruffled Lakes (1937-1947) (words by W. H. Auden – includes songs originally intended for, but ultimate not used in, On this Island[4])
* Cabaret Songs for medium voice and piano (words by W. H. Auden: "Tell Me the Truth About Love", "Funeral Blues", "Johnny", and "Calypso"; 1940)
* Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22, for tenor and piano (1940)
* The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35, for tenor and piano (1945)
* Canticle I: My beloved is mine and I am his, Op. 40, for high voice and piano (one of the Canticles; 1947)
* A Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41, for mezzo-soprano and piano (1947)
* Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac, Op. 51, for alto (or countertenor), tenor, and piano (one of the Canticles; 1952)
* Canticle III: Still falls the rain, Op. 55, for tenor, horn and piano (words by Edith Sitwell; one of the Canticles; 1954)
* Winter Words, Op. 52, for tenor and piano, poetry by Thomas Hardy (1954)
* The Heart of the Matter for narrator, tenor, horn, and piano (1956)
* Songs from the Chinese, Op. 58, for soprano or tenor and guitar, Op. 58 (translations by Arthur Waley; 1957)
* Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente, Op. 61, for tenor and piano (1958)
* Songs and Proverbs of William Blake, Op. 74, for baritone and piano (1965)
* The Poet's Echo, Op. 76, for soprano or tenor and piano (words by Alexander Pushkin; 1965)
* Who Are These Children?, Op. 84, for tenor and piano (words by William Soutar; 1969)
* Canticle IV: The Journey of the Magi, Op. 86, for countertenor, tenor, baritone, and piano (one of the Canticles; 1971)
* Canticle V: The Death of Saint Narcissus, Op. 89, for tenor and harp (one of the Canticles; 1974)
* A Birthday Hansel, Op. 92, for high voice and harp (1975)
* Eight books of Folksong Arrangements from the British Isles and France, for voice and piano, guitar and harp
* Britten's Purcell Realizations, many realizations of songs by Henry Purcell for voice(s) and piano

### Choral

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* A Hymn to the Virgin for chorus and soli (1930; revised 1934)
* Christ's Nativity for unaccompanied chorus (1931)
* A Boy Was Born, Op. 3, for children's chorus and mixed choir (1933; revised 1955)
* Jubilate Deo in E-flat for chorus and organ (published posthumously; 1934)
* Te Deum in C for treble solo, chorus, trumpet, and organ (1934)
* Friday Afternoons, Op. 7, for children's voices and piano (1935)
* Advance Democracy for unaccompanied choir (1938)
* A.M.D.G. (Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam), seven settings of Gerard Manley Hopkins for unaccompanied SATB (1939)
* Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27, for unaccompanied choir (poem by W. H. Auden; 1942)
* A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28, for treble voices and harp (1942); an alternative arrangement for mixed voices and harp (or piano) is popular as well
* Rejoice in the Lamb, Op. 30, for four soloists, choir, and organ (text by Christopher Smart; 1943)
* Festival Te Deum, Op. 32, in E for chorus and organ (1944)
* A Wedding anthem 'Amo Ergo Sum' , Op. 46, for soprano, tenor, SATB and organ (1949)
* Five Flower Songs, Op. 47, for SATB (1950)
* Hymn to St Peter, Op. 56a, for treble soloist, SATB and organ (1955)
* Antiphon, Op. 56b, for SATB and organ, (1955)
* Missa Brevis, Op. 63, for boys' voices and organ (1959)
* Jubilate Deo for chorus and organ (1961)
* Fancie, for unison voices and piano (1961)
* A Hymn of St Columba for chorus and organ (1962)
* Voices for Today, Op. 75, for children's chorus, chorus and organ ad lib, (1965)
* The Golden Vanity, Op. 78, for five boy soloists, treble chorus and piano (1966)
* The Building of the House, Op. 79, for chorus or organ or brass and orchestra (1967)
* Children's Crusade, Op. 82, for nine boy soloists and chorus, percussion, organ and two pianos (text by Bertolt Brecht, trans. Hans Keller; 1968)
* Sacred and Profane, Op. 91, for SSATB (1974–5)

### Chamber/instrumental

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#### Solo piano

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* Five Waltzes, for piano (1923–25, rev. 1969)
* Three Character Pieces, for piano (1930)
* Twelve variations on a theme, for piano (1930)
* Holiday Diary, Op. 5, for piano (1934)
* Sonatina romantica for piano (rejected by the composer; 1940)
* Night-Piece (Notturno) for piano (written for Leeds International Pianoforte Competition; 1963)
* Variations for piano (1965)

#### Two pianos

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* Two Lullabies for two pianos (1936)
* Introduction and Rondo alla burlesca, Op. 23/1, for two pianos (1940)
* Mazurka elegiaca, Op. 23/2, for two pianos (written as part of the collaborative album Homage to Paderewski; 1941)

#### Organ

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* Prelude and Fugue on a Theme of Vittoria for organ (1946)

#### String quartet

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* String Quartet in F major (1928)
* Rhapsody (1929)
* Quartettino (1930)
* String Quartet in D major (1931, revised 1974)
* Alla Marcia (1933)
* Three Divertimenti, for string quartet (1933, revised 1936): March, Waltz, Burlesque
* String Quartet No. 1, Op. 25, in D major (1941)
* String Quartet No. 2, Op. 36, in C major (1945)
* String Quartet No. 3, Op. 94, in G major (1975)

#### Violin and piano

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* Suite for Violin and Piano, Op. 6, (1935)
* Reveille, Concert Study (1937, published 1983)

#### Viola and piano

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* Reflection for viola and piano (1930)
* Lachrymae, Op. 48, for viola and piano, after "If my complaints could passions move" by John Dowland; for William Primrose; 1950)
* arranged for viola and string orchestra, Op. 48a, (for Cecil Aronowitz; 1976)
* There is a willow grows aslant a brook (1932), an arrangement of the orchestral poem by Frank Bridge. The title is taken from Shakespeare, and the arrangement by Britten is dedicated to Bridge.

#### Violin, viola and piano

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* Two Pieces (1929; first performance 2003)[5]

#### Solo viola

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* Etude (1929)
* Elegy (1930)

#### Cello and piano

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* Cello Sonata, Op. 65, in C major (1961)

#### Solo cello

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* Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72, (1964)
* Cello Suite No. 2, Op. 80, (1967)
* Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87, (1972)
* Tema "Sacher" for cello solo (1976)

#### Oboe and piano

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* Two Insect Pieces for oboe and piano (1935)
* Temporal Variations for oboe and piano (1936)

#### Oboe and strings

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* Phantasy Quartet, Op. 2, for oboe, violin, viola, and cello (1932)

#### Solo oboe

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* Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, Op. 49, for solo oboe (1951), with quotations from Ovid's poem Metamorphoses

#### Flute, violin and piano 4-hands

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* Gemini Variations, Op. 73, for flute, violin, and piano four hands (1965)

#### Solo timpani

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* Timpani Piece for Jimmy, timpani solo (1955) for James Blades

#### Three trumpets

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* Fanfare for St Edmundsbury, short antiphonal and polytonal piece for three trumpets (1959)

#### Guitar

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* Nocturnal after John Dowland, Op. 70, for guitar (1963)

#### Harp

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* Suite for Solo Harp, Op. 83, (1969)

### Film & drama music

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* Night Mail (1936), with words by W. H. Auden
* The Agamemnon of Aeschylus (1936), play by Louis MacNeice
* Love from a Stranger (1937), film directed by Rowland V. Lee
* Out of the Picture (1937), play by Louis MacNeice
* The Sword In The Stone (1939), six-part radio drama[a]
* The Dark Tower (1946), radio play by Louis MacNeice

## By opus number

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* Op. 1, Sinfonietta, for five winds and five strings 1932, revised for chamber orchestra 1936
* Op. 2, Phantasy Quartet, oboe quartet, 1932
* Op. 3, A Boy was Born for mixed chorus with organ ad lib, 1933, revised 1955
* Op. 4, Simple Symphony for strings, 1934 (+ also version for string quartet)
* Op. 5, Holiday Diary for piano, 1934
* Op. 6, Suite for violin and piano, 1935
* Op. 7, Friday Afternoons for children's voices and piano, 1935
* Op. 8, Our Hunting Fathers for soprano or tenor and orchestra (words by W. H. Auden), 1936
* Op. 9, Soirées musicales for orchestra (after Rossini), 1936
* Op. 10, Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge for string orchestra, 1937
* Op. 11, On this Island for soprano or tenor and piano (words by W. H. Auden), 1937
* Op. 12, Mont Juic, suite of Catalan dances, with Lennox Berkeley, 1937
* Op. 13, Piano Concerto, 1938, revised 1945
* Op. 14, Ballad of Heroes for tenor or soprano, chorus and orchestra (words by W. H. Auden and Randall Swingler), 1939
* Op. 15, Violin Concerto, 1939, revised 1958
* Op. 16, Young Apollo for piano and strings, 1939 (withdrawn, published 1982)
* Op. 17, Paul Bunyan, opera (libretto by W. H. Auden), 1941, revised 1976
* Op. 18, Les Illuminations, for soprano or tenor and strings (words by Arthur Rimbaud), 1939
* Op. 19, Canadian Carnival overture, 1939
* Op. 20, Sinfonia da Requiem, 1940
* Op. 21, Diversions for Piano Left Hand and Orchestra, 1940, revised 1954
* Op. 22, Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo for tenor and piano, 1940
* Op. 23 2 Pieces for 2 Pianos, 1940-1941
* No. 1, Introduction and Rondo alla burlesca for two pianos, 1940
* No. 2, Mazurka elegiaca for two pianos, 1941
* Op. 24, Matinées musicales for orchestra (after Rossini), 1941
* Op. 25, String Quartet No. 1, 1941
* Op. 26, Scottish Ballad for two pianos and orchestra, 1941
* Op. 27, Occasional Overture, 1941; retitled An American Overture when first performed, 1983[7]
* Op. 27, Hymn to St Cecilia for SSATB, 1942 (replaced Occasional Overture as Op. 27)
* Op. 28, A Ceremony of Carols for trebles and harp, 1942
* Op. 29, Prelude and Fugue for 18 strings, 1943
* Op. 30, Rejoice in the Lamb for soloists, chorus and organ, 1943
* Op. 31, Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, song cycle, 1943
* Op. 32, Festival Te Deum for chorus and organ, 1945
* Op. 33, Peter Grimes, opera (libretto by Montagu Slater, after George Crabbe), 1945
* Op. 33a, Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
* Op. 33b, Passacaglia from Peter Grimes
* Op. 34, Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Henry Purcell (The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra), 1946
* Op. 35, The Holy Sonnets of John Donne for soprano or tenor and piano, 1945
* Op. 36, String Quartet No. 2, 1945
* Op. 37, The Rape of Lucretia, opera (libretto by Ronald Duncan, after André Obey), 1946, revised 1947
* Op. 38, Occasional Overture, 1946 (withdrawn, published 1984)
* Op. 39, Albert Herring, opera (libretto by Eric Crozier, after Guy de Maupassant), 1947
* Op. 40, My beloved is mine (Canticle I) for soprano or tenor and piano (words by Francis Quarles), 1947
* Op. 41, A Charm of Lullabies for mezzo soprano and piano, 1947
* Op. 42, Saint Nicolas for soloists, chorus, strings, piano (4 hands), percussion and organ, 1948
* Op. 43, The Beggar's Opera after John Gay, 1948
* Op. 44, Spring Symphony for soloists, mixed choir, children's choir and orchestra, 1949
* Op. 45, The Little Sweep, opera (libretto by Eric Crozier), 1949
* Op. 46, A Wedding anthem Amo Ergo Sum for soprano, tenor, SATB and organ (words by Ronald Duncan), 1949
* Op. 47, Five Flower Songs for SATB, 1950
* Op. 48, Lachrymae for viola and piano, 1950
* Op. 48a, Lachrymae for viola and strings, 1976
* Op. 49, Six Metamorphoses after Ovid for oboe, 1951
* Op. 50, Billy Budd, opera (libretto by E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier, after Herman Melville), 1951, revised 1960
* Op. 51, Abraham and Isaac (Canticle II) for alto, tenor and piano (Chester miracle play), 1952
* Op. 52, Winter Words for soprano or tenor and piano (words by Thomas Hardy), 1953
* Op. 53, Gloriana, opera (libretto by William Plomer, after Lytton Strachey), 1953
* Op. 53a, Symphonic Suite "Gloriana" for tenor or oboe and orchestra, 1954
* Op. 54, The Turn of the Screw, opera (libretto by Myfanwy Piper, after Henry James), 1954
* Op. 55, Still Falls the Rain (Canticle III) for tenor, horn and piano (words Edith Sitwell), 1954
* Op. 56a, Hymn to St Peter for treble, SATB and organ, 1955
* Op. 56b, Antiphon for SATB and organ, 1955
* Op. 57, The Prince of the Pagodas, ballet, 1956
* Op. 57a, Pas de six from The Prince of the Pagodas
* Op. 58, Songs from the Chinese for soprano or tenor and guitar, 1957
* Op. 59, Noye's Fludde, opera (Chester mystery play), 1957
* Op. 60, Nocturne for tenor, 7 obbligato instruments and string orchestra, song cycle, 1958
* Op. 61, Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente for voice and piano, 1958
* Op. 62, Cantata academica, 1959
* Op. 63, Missa brevis for boys' voices and organ, 1959
* Op. 64, A Midsummer Night's Dream, opera (libretto by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, after William Shakespeare), 1960
* Op. 65, Sonata for cello and piano, 1961
* Op. 66, War Requiem, 1961
* Op. 67, Psalm CL for children's chorus and instruments, 1962
* Op. 68, Cello Symphony, 1963
* Op. 69, Cantata misericordium, 1963
* Op. 70, Nocturnal after John Dowland for guitar, 1963
* Op. 71, Curlew River, church parable (libretto by William Plomer, after Noh), 1964
* Op. 72, Cello Suite No. 1, 1964
* Op. 73, Gemini Variations for flute, violin and piano four hands, 1965
* Op. 74, Songs and Proverbs of William Blake for baritone and piano, 1965
* Op. 75, Voices for Today for boys' voices, chorus and organ ad lib, 1965
* Op. 76, The Poet's Echo for soprano or tenor and piano (words by Alexander Pushkin), 1965
* Op. 77, The Burning Fiery Furnace, church parable (libretto by William Plomer, after the Book of Daniel), 1966
* Op. 78, The Golden Vanity for boys' voices and piano (words by Colin Graham), 1966
* Op. 79, The Building of the House overture, for chorus or organ or brass and orchestra, 1967
* Op. 80, Cello Suite No. 2, 1967
* Op. 81, The Prodigal Son, church parable (libretto by William Plomer, after the Gospel of Luke), 1968
* Op. 82, Children's Crusade (words Bertolt Brecht/Hans Keller), 1968
* Op. 83, Suite for Harp, 1969
* Op. 84, Who Are These Children? for tenor and piano (words by William Soutar), 1969
* Op. 85, Owen Wingrave, opera (libretto by Myfanwy Piper, based on Henry James), 1970
* Op. 86, The Journey of the Magi (Canticle IV) for countertenor, tenor, baritone and piano (words by T. S. Eliot), 1971
* Op. 87, Cello Suite No. 3, 1971
* Op. 88, Death in Venice, opera (libretto by Myfanwy Piper, based on Thomas Mann), 1973
* Op. 89, The Death of Saint Narcissus (Canticle V) for tenor and harp (words by T. S. Eliot), 1974
* Op. 90, A Suite on English Folk Tunes "A Time There Was" for chamber orchestra, 1974
* Op. 91, Sacred and Profane for five voices (SSATB), 1975
* Op. 92, A Birthday Hansel for high voice and harp (words by Robert Burns), 1975
* Op. 93, Phaedra, cantata (words by Robert Lowell, after Jean Racine), 1975
* Op. 94, String Quartet No. 3, 1975
* Op. 95, Welcome Ode for young people's voices and orchestra, 1976

## Notes

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1. ^ An adaptation of the T. H. White novel The Sword In The Stone. A single surviving 25-minute episode Wart and the Hawks, is available to stream.[6]

## References

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1. ^ "Tit for tat". LiederNet. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
2. ^ "Tit for Tat". brittensongs.org. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
3. ^ "Tit for Tat". Hyperion Records. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
4. ^ "Benjamin Britten – Fish in the Unruffled Lakes". Boosey & Hawkes. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
5. ^ Anderson, Martin (October 2006). "London, St. John's Smith Square: Britten and David Matthews premières". Tempo. 57 (226): 69. doi:10.1017/S0040298203240365. S2CID 145557734.
6. ^ "The Sword in the Stone, Wart and the Hawks". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
7. ^ Oliver 1996, p. 215.

## Sources

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* Diane McVeagh, ed. (1986). English Masters. New Grove Composer Biography. Grove Publications. ISBN 0-333-40241-3.
* Oliver, Michael (1996). Benjamin Britten. Phaidon 20th Century Composers. Phaidon. ISBN 0714832774.
* Britten Thematic Catalogue

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Benjamin Britten

List of compositions

Opera and operetta|

* Paul Bunyan (1941)
* Peter Grimes (1945)
* The Rape of Lucretia (1946)
* Albert Herring (1947)
* The Little Sweep (1949)
* Billy Budd (1951)
* Gloriana (1953)
* The Turn of the Screw (1954)
* Noye's Fludde (1958)
* A Midsummer Night's Dream (1960)
* Owen Wingrave (1971)
* Death in Venice (1973)

Church parables|

* Curlew River (1964)
* The Burning Fiery Furnace (1966)
* The Prodigal Son (1968)

Film/Ballet|

* Plymouth Town (1931)
* Night Mail (1936)
* The Prince of the Pagodas (1956)

Orchestral|

* Sinfonietta (1932)
* Simple Symphony (1934)
* Soirées musicales (1937)
* Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge (1937)
* Mont Juic (1937)
* Sinfonia da Requiem (1940)
* Matinées musicales (1941)
* An American Overture (1941)
* The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (1946)

Concertante|

* Piano Concerto (1938, rev. 1945)
* Violin Concerto (1939, rev. 1958)
* Young Apollo (1939)
* Diversions for Piano Left Hand and Orchestra (1940 rev. 1954)
* Cello Symphony (1963)

Vocal/Choral Orchestral|

* Our Hunting Fathers (1936)
* The Company of Heaven (1937)
* Les Illuminations (1939)
* Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings (1943)
* Saint Nicolas (1948)
* Spring Symphony (1949)
* Nocturne (1958)
* Cantata academica (1959)
* War Requiem (1961)
* Cantata misericordium (1963)
* Children's Crusade (1969)
* Phaedra (1975)

Vocal|

* Beware! Three Early Songs (1922–26)
* Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo (1940)
* The Holy Sonnets of John Donne (1945)
* Britten's Purcell realizations (1945)+
* 5 Canticles (1947–75, including Canticle I: My beloved is mine and I am his, Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac (1952), Canticle III: Still falls the rain (1954), Canticle IV: The Journey of the Magi (1971) and Canticle V: The Death of Saint Narcissus (1974)
* A Charm of Lullabies (1947)
* Winter Words (1954)
* Songs from the Chinese (1957)
* Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente (1958)
* Songs and Proverbs of William Blake (1965)
* The Poet's Echo (1965)
* Who Are These Children? (1969)
* A Birthday Hansel (1975)

Choral|

* Friday Afternoons (1932–1935)
* A Boy was Born (1933)
* Te Deum in C (1934)
* Advance Democracy (1938)
* A Ceremony of Carols (1942)
* Hymn to St Cecilia (1942)
* Festival Te Deum (1944)
* Rejoice in the Lamb (1943)
* Five Flower Songs (1950)
* Hymn to St Peter (1955)
* Missa Brevis (1959)
* A Hymn of St Columba (1962)
* The Golden Vanity (1966)
* Children's Crusade (1968)
* Sacred and Profane (8 medieval lyrics) (1974)
* Jubilate Deo (1961)

Chamber/Instrumental|

* String Quartet in D major (1931)
* Phantasy Quartet (oboe quartet, 1932)
* String Quartet No. 1 (1941)
* String Quartet No. 2 (1945)
* Prelude and Fugue on a Theme of Vittoria (organ, 1946)
* Six Metamorphoses after Ovid (oboe, 1951)
* Fanfare for St Edmundsbury (three trumpets, 1959)
* Cello sonata (1961)
* Nocturnal after John Dowland (guitar, 1963)
* Cello suites (1964, 1967, 1972)
* String Quartet No. 3 (1975)
* Tema "Sacher" (1976)

Collaborations|

* Homage to Paderewski (1941)
* Variations on an Elizabethan Theme (1953)

Film adaptations|

* War Requiem (1989 film)

Legacy|

* Aldeburgh Festival
* Britten Pears Arts
* Britten Pears Young Artist Programme
* Britten-Pears Orchestra
* Snape Maltings Concert Hall
* The Red House, Aldeburgh

Named after Britten|

* Benjamin Britten (train)
* Benjamin Britten Academy
* Britten Inlet
* Britten Hall
* Britten Sinfonia

Related articles|

* Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century
* Britten's Children
* Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
* English Opera Group
* The Dark Tower
* Scallop (2003)

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