Partitions de Benjamin Britten

The sources for this new edition of Britten's String Quartet No.3 was the original manuscript, a photocopy of the manuscript in progress, Rosamund Strode's fair copy. The Quartet was written for the Amadeus Quartet and first performed by them on the 19th December 1976 at The Maltings, Snape.

Edition : vocal/piano score
Instrumentation : soloists (STB), mixed choir, boys' choir and orchestra
Date of Composition: 1962
Duration : 85'
Number of Pages : 188
Language : English - German
Contenu
- Requiem Aeternam
- Dies Irae
- Offertorium
- Sanctus
- Agnus Dei
- Libera Me

Britten's Suite Op.6 for Violin and Piano was composed during 1934-35 and the first performance of the complete work was given in March 1936 as part of a BBC broadcast. Three pieces from the original Suite are presented here - March Lullaby and Waltz.

This work was originally written in 1964 for two 12 year old twin brothers whom Britten met whilst working in Budapest. Each twin played the piano and one the flute and the other the violin. A second version has been prepared for those who may not be quite so versatile as the twins for whom it was originally intended and includes a version for four players with extra ad lib. passages for the Flute and Violin so they should not become bored by the long waits. This edition combines both versions with the additional passages in brackets and in small type in the score.

Benjamin Britten's War Requiem Op.66 includes words from the Missa pro defunctis and the poems of Wilfred Owen.Commissioned to write a work to celebrate the rebuilding of the bomb-damaged Coventry Cathedral in 1962 Britten used the opportunity to write a large-scale composition embodying his deeply held pacifist and humanitarian beliefs. The result the War Requiem is a timeless expression of the brutality and inhumanity of war.