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Article: Explore the Choral Music of Benjamin Britten
by Paul Spicer
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) was a unique force in British music. Of the fine composers among his contemporaries, none wrote such a wide variety of music across such a broad spectrum of genres and for such a range of ages and abilities.
Benjamin Britten Biography
Benjamin Britten was born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, on the east coast of England, on 22 November 1913. Although he was already composing vigorously as a child, he nonetheless felt the importance of some solid guidance and in 1928 turned to the composer Frank Bridge; two years later he went to the Royal College of Music in London, studying with Arthur Benjamin, Harold Samuel and John Ireland.
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The difficulty level indicated is from 1-5, with 1 being the least difficult.
Categories
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SATB Difficulty Level 1-2
- 48003266 Advance Democracy
- 48022495 As dew in Aprille (from A Ceremony of Carols)*
- 48008879 Balulalow (from A Ceremony of Carols)
- 48003278 Concord (from Choral Dances from Gloriana)
- 48008907 Deus in adjutorium meum (from This Way to the Tomb)
- 48008950 God Save the Queen
- 48008927 A Hymn to St. Columba - Regis regum rectissimi
- 48008930 A Hymn to the Virgin
- 48008959 Hymns (from Noye's Fludde)
- 48008933 I Lov'd a Lass
- 14037805 Jubilate Deo in C Major
- 48003212 Lift Boy
- 48003198 Old Abram Brown (from Friday Afternoons)
- 14002562 A Shepherd's Carol
- 48009004 Song of the Fisherman (from Peter Grimes)
- 48022504 Two Part-Songs
- 14037804 Venite exultemus Domino
- 48011791 We are the darkness in the heat of day
SATB Difficulty Level 2-3
- 48008922 Choral Dances (from Gloriana), SATB a cappella
- 48008923 Choral Dances (from Gloriana), Tenor Solo, SATB, harp, vocal score
- 48021233 Festival Te Deum
- 48008925 The Holly and the Ivy
- 48022499 In Freezing Winter Night (from A Ceremony of Carols)*
- 48008962 Old Joe has gone fishing (from Peter Grimes)
- 48003206 There is no rose (from A Ceremony of Carols)
- 48003277 Time (from Choral Dances from Gloriana)
- 48003279 Time and Concord (from Choral Dances from Gloriana)
- 48003205 Wolcum Yole (from A Ceremony of Carols)
SATB Difficulty Level 3
- 48008875 Antiphon, Op. 56b
- 48008876 Ballad of Green Broom (from Five Flower Songs)
- 48008877 Ballad of Heroes, vocal score
- 48011356 Ballad of Heroes, vocal score
- 48008895 A Ceremony of Carols
- 48008896 A Ceremony of Carols, harp part
- 48022497 Deo Gracias (from A Ceremony of Carols)
- 48008905 The Evening Primrose (from Five Flower Songs)
- 48003282 Final Dance (from Gloriana)
- 48021285 God moves in a mysterious way (from Saint Nicolas)*
- 48008929 Hymn to St. Peter
- 48022502 The Morning Star (from Spring Symphony)*
- 48008987 Rejoice in the Lamb
- 48008991 Saint Nicolas, vocal score
- 48008992 Saint Nicolas, choral score
- 48008989 Saint Nicolas, full score
- 48008990 Saint Nicolas, study score
- 14037803 Te Deum in C Major, vocal score
- 14041490 Te Deum in C Major, full score
- 48003207 This little Babe (from A Ceremony of Carols)
SATB Difficulty Level 3-4
- 48011505 Five Flower Songs
- 48019976 A Wedding Anthem (Amo Ergo Sum)
- 14041486 The World of the Spirit, vocal score
SATB Difficulty Level 4
- 48021234 Canone ed Ostinato and Corale con Canto (from Cantata academica, Carmen basiliense)*
- 48008886 Cantata academica, Carmen basiliense, vocal score
- 48008885 Cantata academica, Carmen basiliense, study score
- 48008889 Cantata misericordium, vocal score
- 48008890 Cantata misericordium, choral score
- 48008888 Cantata misericordium, study score
- 48021230 Hymn to St. Cecilia
SATB Difficulty Level 5
- 14037801 A Boy Was Born, SATB/Organ
- 14041340 A Boy Was Born, SATB a cappella
- 48009008 Spring Symphony, vocal score
- 48009007 Spring Symphony, study score
- 48009029 War Requiem, vocal score
- 48009030 War Requiem, choral score
- 48009031 War Requiem, boys' choir choral score
- 48011841 War Requiem, study score
SSA or SSAA Difficulty Level 1
SSA (or SSS) Difficulty Level 2-3
- 48022496 As dew in Aprille (from A Ceremony of Carols)*
- 48003231 Balulalow (from A Ceremony of Carols)
- 48008894 A Ceremony of Carols
- 48008902 Deo Gracias (from A Ceremony of Carols)
- 48022500 In Freezing Winter Night (from A Ceremony of Carols)*
- 48008947 Missa Brevis in D, vocal score
- 48008948 Missa Brevis in D, choral score
- 48003743 A New Year Carol (from Friday Afternoons)
- 48009017 There is no rose (from A Ceremony of Carols)
- 48009018 This little Babe (from A Ceremony of Carols)
- 48022505 Wolcum Yole (from A Ceremony of Carols)
SS or SA Difficulty Level 1
SS or SA Difficulty Level 2-3
- 48003280 Country Girls (from Choral Dances from Gloriana)
- 48008979 Psalm 150, vocal score
- 48008980 Psalm 150, choral score
- 48010354 Psalm 150, full score
- 48010355 Psalm 150, score and parts
- 48009006 Spring Carol (from A Ceremony of Carols)
TBB/TTBB Difficulty Level 2-3
- 48021286 The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard
- 48003281 Rustics and Fishermen (from Choral Dances from Gloriana)
- 48010943 Three Folk Songs
Unison Voices Difficulty Level 1-2
- 48003960 Coaching Song (from The Little Sweep)
- 14037798 Corpus Christi Carol
- 48003984 Cuckoo! (from Friday Afternoons)
- 48008906 Fancie
- 48011758 Friday Afternoons
- 48003983 Jazz Man
- 48008935 King Herod and the Cock
- 48004492 Lone Dog
- 48008951 A New Year Carol (from Friday Afternoons)
- 48003444 The Night Song (from The Little Sweep)
- 48008963 Oliver Cromwell
- 48003456 The Salley Gardens
- 48003975 Sammy's Bath (from The Little Sweep)
- 48009021 A Tragic Story (from Friday Afternoons)