Britten's Jubilate is written for SATB choir and Organ accompaniment.Benjamin Britten's birthday (22nd November 1913 Lowestoft) falls on St. Cecilia's Day a happy augury for the career of one of Britain's greatestcomposers. Essentially a vocal composer Britten won international fame for his operas and song-cycles. He never abandoned the principles of tonality and was a 'modern' composer who reached a mass audience and a conservative whoseoriginality no radical would sensibly deny. He shared with his predecessors Parry Vaughan Williams and Holst an intense interest in works for amateurs and children. His brilliant gifts as a pianist and conductor coupled withhis virtuosic inventiveness also led him to compose music for great performers such as the cellist Mstislav Rostropovich and the singers Galina Vishnevskaya Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Janet Baker.The greatestpersonal influence on his music was the Tenor Peter Pears for whom he composed many operatic and vocal roles. In 1948 Britten Pears and Eric Crozier founded the Aldeburgh Festival now one of the most respected established fornew English music. In 1952 he was made a Companion of Honour in 1965 received the Order of Merit and in 1976 the year of his death he became the first composer to receive a life peerage.Oxford University Press wasBritten's first publisher. In the early 1930s A Boy Was Born and the Simple Symphony brought him great critical acclaim and launched his compositional career. Oxford is delighted to present some previouslyunpublished pieces in collaboration with the Britten Estate. These include the Double Concerto for Violin and Viola premiered at Snape by the Britten-Pears Orchestra under Kent Nagano in June 1997; Two Portraits forString Orchestra premiered on BBC Radio 3 in December 1995 by the Northern Sinfonia under Martyn Brabbins; The World Of The Spirit the full version first performed in 1938 on the BBC Home Service the abridged

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.

Written for the reconsecration of Coventry Cathedral Benjamin Britten's War Requiem Op.66 was first performed there on the 30th May 1962. The War Requiem was not meant to be a pro-British piece or a glorification of British soldiers but a public statement of Britten's anti-war convictions. This a Vocal Score for SATB chorus arranged by Imogen Holst. The full score for SATB and Orchestra can be found here .

These two previously-unpublished Psalm settings were written while Benjamin Britten was studying at the Royal College of Music in London but despite encouragement from Ireland Vaughan Williams and Howells werenever performed during the composer's life.Scored for chorus and orchestra the contrasting movements show many of the traits so loved in Britten's later music. After being unearthed again from archives the premiere ofTwo Psalms was given on 1 December 2012 by the Oxford Bach Choir and English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Cleobury.Out Of The Deep and Praise Ye The Lord for SATB chorus and orchestra.Full Score.

Oper in zwei Akten-BILLY BUDD OP. 50Opera in Two ActsPublisher: Boosey & HawkesVocal ScoreComposer: Benjamin Britten336 pages

God Save The Queen-The national anthem of the United Kingdom arranged by Benjamin Britten for Chorus and Orchestra.

Benjamin Britten's Hymn to St. Cecilia with words by W.H.Auden for mixed choir a cappella (SSATB) with piano accompaniment for rehearsal only.

Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols is certainly one of the most popular choral works for Christmas time. Originally composed for high voice(s) and harp the pieces have been arranged here for mixed voices (SATB) and piano or harp by Julis Harrison. English and German text.

Five settings of poems by Walter De La Mere arranged for Medium Voice and Piano Accompaniment. These settings were written by Benjamin Britten in his childhood and were collected together in honour of Walter De La Mere's son as a birthday present.

The Ship Of Rio by Benjamin Britten for 2-part boys' or women's voices and piano from Three Two-part Songs.

A Hymn To The Virginfor unaccompanied chorus is one of Benjamin Britten's earliest works. It is in fact one of the earliest surviving pieces of church music written by the composer. The piece was first performed at a concert given by the Lowestoft Musical Society in St. John's Church on January 5 1931. The anonymous text was taken out of the Oxford Book of English Verse. This piece is written for unaccompanied SATB.

Choral Dances-Choral Dances from Act II of Benjamin Britten's opera Gloriana op. 53. Queen Elizabeth I is on a state visit to the city of Norwich. After a formal address of welcome she is entertained by a Masque. To these unaccompanied Choral Dances dancers representing time and concord country girls and young rustics and fishermen all pay homage and tribute to the Queen. Six movements are featured for mixed choir with piano accompaniment for rehearsal only.

A collection of Benjamin Britten's Opera Arias for Mezzo-soprano voice compiled by Dan Dressen.

Benjamin Britten is widely held to be one of the greatest opera composers if the twentieth century His works are regularly performed in opera houses throughout the world and many of the arias have become essential repertoire for students and professional singers. This anthology comprises six beautiful arias for Bass/Baritone Voice with Piano Accompaniment and is filled with character expression and intensity and will certainly enrich the repertoire of the advancing Bass/Baritone singer’s repertoire.