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Britten, Benjamin 1913-1976

Overview
Works: 5,855 works in 16,899 publications in 30 languages and 177,437 library holdings
Genres: Music  Operas  Film adaptations  Requiems  Feature films  Made-for-TV movies  Christmas music  String quartets 
Roles: Conductor, Performer, Composer, Arranger, Editor, Instrumentalist, Librettist, Creator, Adapter, Director, Author of introduction, Dedicatee, Other, Compiler, Honoree, Interviewee, Recipient, Musician
Classifications: m1500.b827, 782.1
Publication Timeline
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418 editions published between and 2011 in 10 languages and held by 1,846 libraries worldwide
Opera of Benjamin Britten's "Peter Grimes," recorded at the Opernhaus Zurich. Set in a small village in England, the story relates fisherman Peter Grimes' inability to become a part of the community. Because his apprentice has been drowned at sea, he has incurred the wrath and distrust of the townspeople.
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311 editions published between and 2009 in 10 languages and held by 1,826 libraries worldwide
Recorded at Tanglewood in 1963, and features the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Phyllis Curtin, Tom Krause, the Columbus Boychoir, and the Chorus Pro Musica, with Erich Leinsdorf conducting.
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272 editions published between and 2009 in 8 languages and held by 1,553 libraries worldwide
Provides information about the history of the orchestra since its beginnings in the seventeenth century, instruments of the orchestra, and famous composers of classical music.
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303 editions published between and 2009 in 10 languages and held by 1,503 libraries worldwide
Performance of Britten's "Ceremony of Carols," prefaced by a documentary interview with Sir Peter Pears, who discusses the composer's influences and inspiration for the work.
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19 editions published between and 1973 in 3 languages and held by 1,247 libraries worldwide
A discussion of music, its terminology, history, theory, styles, appreciation, and means used to produce it.
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203 editions published between and 2011 in 7 languages and held by 1,156 libraries worldwide
Dramatizes the moral dilemma of Captain Vere when, in accordance with Admiralty regulations, he must demand the court martial to sentence to death by hanging the innocent seaman who was provoked to strike and kill the villanous master-at-arms.
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240 editions published between and 2011 in 8 languages and held by 1,121 libraries worldwide
Benjamin Britten's 1955 opera of Henry James' 1898 novella concerns the demonic possession of two children by a formerly alive governess and butler. Or maybe it's not. What first appears to be a stock ghost story about the struggle between good and evil takes on complex meanings through the medium of Britten's eerie music. The opera is divided into sixteen scenes, fifteen variations on one nine-measure "Screw" theme, so called in part because of its powerful delineation of mounting tension--Peter Bates.
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215 editions published between and 2010 in 8 languages and held by 1,029 libraries worldwide
An operatic version of Shakespeare's A midsummer's night dream.
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219 editions published between and 2011 in 6 languages and held by 946 libraries worldwide
Albert Herring is a gullible, naive and good-hearted greengrocer. Much to his embarrasment, he is made Village May King when it is discovered that there are no longer any girls with the necessary virtuous qualifications.
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82 editions published between and 2007 in 5 languages and held by 908 libraries worldwide
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133 editions published between and 2005 in 5 languages and held by 862 libraries worldwide
Spring Symphony for soloists, chorus, boys' choir and orchestra, op.44. Text: various poets / Cantata Academica: Carmen basiliense for soloists, chorus and orchestra, op.62 / Hymn to St.Cecilia for five-part chorus, op.27. Text: W.H.Auden.
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83 editions published between and 2010 in 6 languages and held by 839 libraries worldwide
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158 editions published between and 2007 in 7 languages and held by 828 libraries worldwide
\Libretto\.
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125 editions published between and 2010 in 7 languages and held by 819 libraries worldwide
Describes the grandeur and shabbiness of Venice in the grip of disease. Portrays the moral and physical degeneration of Aschenbach, the writer whose obsessive and self-devouring pursuit of beauty in the form of the boy Tadzio leads him to humiliation and death.
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231 editions published between and 2007 in 7 languages and held by 792 libraries worldwide
Un opéra en deux actes sur l'histoire de Lucrèce, cette femme fidèle de la Rome antique qui, violée par Tarquin, ne put supporter ce crime et se poignarda.
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149 editions published between and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 781 libraries worldwide
Cantata is scored for tenor solo, main chorus, gallery choir of female voices, piano duet, organ, strings and a percussion group.
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139 editions published between and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 752 libraries worldwide
"Phyllida Lloyd's adaptation for film of the opera which Benjamin Britten wrote for the celebrations of the Queen's coronation in 1953, based on the Opera North revival of a work now recognized to be one of the composer's great achievements"--On container.
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155 editions published between and 2010 in 6 languages and held by 711 libraries worldwide
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127 editions published between and 2009 in 7 languages and held by 679 libraries worldwide
Beilage: Production notes and remarks on the style of performing Curlew River by Colin Graham, drawings by Alix Stone, diagrams by Mark Livingston.
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60 editions published between and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 665 libraries worldwide
Symphony for cello and orchestra, op.68 / Sinfonia da Requiem, op.20 / Cantata misericordium for tenor, baritone, chorus, solo string quartet, piano, harp, timpani and string orchestra, op.69. Text: Patrick Wilkinson.
 
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Peter Grimes
Alternative Names

controlled identity English opera group

Benjamin Britten 1913-1976
Britten.
Britten, ... 1913-1976
Britten, B.
Britten, B. (Bendzhamin), 1913-1976
Britten, B. (Benjamin), 1913-1976
Britten, Bendžamin.
Britten, Bendzhamin, 1913-1976
Britten, Benjamin
Britten, Edward B. 1913-1976
Britten, Edward Benjamin.
Britten, Edward Benjamin, 1913-1976
Britŭn, B. (Bendzhamin), 1913-1976
Britŭn, Bendzhamin, 1913-1976
Buriten, Benjamin, 1913-1976
Бриттен, Б
ブリテン, ベンジャミン
Languages
English (8,851)
Undetermined (3,434)
No Linguistic content (3,156)
German (1,035)
French (348)
Latin (327)
Multiple languages (197)
Dutch (109)
Italian (64)
Miscellaneous languages (62)
Russian (44)
Spanish (39)
Danish (19)
English, Middle (17)
Swedish (12)
Hebrew (8)
Finnish (7)
Catalan (6)
Portuguese (5)
Scots (4)
Japanese (3)
Czech (3)
Chinese (2)
Hungarian (2)
Church Slavic (1)
Afrikaans (1)
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Slovenian (1)
Serbian (1)
Balinese (1)
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