Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - Simple Symphony, Etc.
Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra
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| Total: 16 Songs |
Customer Reviews
Amazing
I love the song The young peoples guide to the orchestra. It is so good. We have a test about it in school for exploring music so now I am OBBSSESED!
You're killing me, iTunes
Why is the third movement of the SS album only? That's ridiculous.
Violist who has played Britten
Our orchestra teacher played this for us before we played the Sentimental Sarabande at our festival. Just the fact that he wrote this at such a young age is so amazing. Excellent work of art.
Biography
Born: November 22, 1913 in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Genre: Classical
Years Active:
A popular British composer of operas, such as Peter Grimes (1941), and most other musical forms, including choral and orchestral music and solo vocal music. Several of Britten's works, including "A Ceremony of Carols," are performed on a seasonal schedule. Britten has also achieved renown as an opera composer, using themes from American, Japanese, and British cultures. He is equally famous for his vocal music, whose aesthetics of matching word...
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