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Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)

Music Department | Soundtrack | Composer

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He was awarded CH (Companion of Honour) in the 1953 Queen's Honours List; awarded OM (Order of Merit) in the 1965 Queen's Honours List; and awarded a Life-Peerage (Baron/Lord) in the 1976 Queen's Honours List for his services to music. See more trivia »

Born:

Edward Benjamin Britten
in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, UK

Died:

(age 63) in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England, UK
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2012 A Jubilee Tribute to the Queen by the Prince of Wales (TV documentary) (National Anthem arranged by)
 
2010 Death in Venice (video) (music by)
 
2010 Bartleby le scribe (TV movie) (music by)
 
2008 The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (TV series) (music by - 1 episode)
– Britten: Peter Grimes (2008) (music by - as Britten)
 
2005 A Midsummer Night's Dream (TV movie) (music by)
 
2004 Turn of the Screw by Benjamin Britten (TV movie) (music by)
 
2003 War Requiem in Peenemünde (TV special documentary) (music by: "War Requiem")
 
2001 Owen Wingrave (TV movie) (music by)
 
2000 Gloriana (TV movie) (music by)
 
1998 Billy Budd (TV movie) (music by)
 
1998 Live from Lincoln Center (TV series) (music by - 1 episode)
– New York City Opera: Paul Bunyan (1998) (music by)
 
1996 Let's Make an Opera (music by)
 
1996 Grosse Coupure (short) (music)
 
1995 Peter Grimes (TV movie) (music by)
 
1994 The Turn of the Screw (TV movie) (music by)
 
1993 Benjamin Britten: War Requiem (TV documentary) (music by)
 
1991 The Turn of the Screw: Britten (TV movie) (music by)
 
1990 The Prince of the Pagodas (TV movie) (music by)
 
1990 Death in Venice (TV movie) (music by)
 
1990 The Turn of the Screw - Die Drehung der Schraube (TV movie) (music by)
 
1988 Billy Budd (TV movie) (music by)
 
1987 The Rape of Lucretia (TV movie) (music by)
 
1985 Albert Herring (TV movie) (music by)
 
1984 Gloriana (TV movie) (music by)
 
1982 A Ceremony of Carols (TV movie) (music by)
 
1982 The Turn of the Screw (TV movie) (music by)
 
1981 Death in Venice (TV movie) (music by)
 
1981 Peter Grimes (TV movie) (music by)
 
1981/II A Midsummer Night's Dream (TV movie) (music by: Opera in three acts)
 
1979 Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was... (TV documentary) (music by: Selected works)
 
NET Opera Theater (TV series) (conductor - 2 episodes, 1969-1971) (music by - 1 episode, 1969)
– Owen Wingrave (1971) (conductor)
– Peter Grimes (1969) (conductor, music by)
 
Music on 2 (TV series) (conductor - 2 episodes, 1965-1970) (music arranger - 1 episode, 1965)
– Idomeneo (1970) (conductor)
– Dido and Aeneas (1965) (conductor, music arranger)
 
1959 The Turn of the Screw (TV movie) (music by)
 
1937 The Tocher (short) (music: Rossini's themes arranged by)
 
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2013 The Answer to Everything (music: "Peter Grimes excerpts")
 
2012 Moonrise Kingdom (writer: "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: Themes A.-F.", "Playful Pizzicato, from Simple Symphony, Op. 4", "Noye's Fludde, op. 59 : Noye, Noye, Take Thou Thy Company, Op. 59", "Songs from Friday Afternoons, Op. 7 Old Abram Brown", "Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: The Spacious Firmament on High", "Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: Noye Take Thy Wife Anone", "Songs from Friday Afternoons, Op. 7 Cuckoo!" / music: "A Midsummer's Night Dream, Op. 64: Act 2: On the Ground, Sleep Sound")
 
2011 Mon arbre (writer: "Friday Aternoon Opus 7 -Eeh - Oh!")
 
2011 The Royal Wedding (TV movie) ("Courtly Dance V: Galliard from Gloriana Symphonic Suite Op. 53a no. 7")
 
2002 Jeff Buckley: Everybody Here Wants You (TV documentary) (writer: "Corpus Christi Carol")
 
2002 Talk to Her (arranger: "O Let Me Weep, For Ever Weep")
 
2002 Love Liza (writer: "Corpus Christi Carol")
 
2001 Aleph, lectures contades (TV series documentary)
– Virginia Woolf (2001) (writer: "Les Illuminations", "Cello Suites, Op.87")
 
1999 Jeff Buckley: Remembered (TV documentary) (writer: "Corpus Christi Carol")
 
1999 Beau Travail (music: "Billy Budd Opera")
 
1994 Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe: An Evening of Yes Music Plus (video) (writer: "Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra")
 
1989 Too Beautiful for You (performer: "SONATE POUR ARPEGGIONE ET PIANO D 821")
 
1989 War Requiem (writer: "War Requiem, Op. 66" / performer: "War Requiem, Op. 66")
 
1988 Distant Voices, Still Lives (performer: "O Waly, Waly")
 
1987 Coda (TV movie) (writer: "Variations on a theme by Frank Bridge", "Serenade Opus 31 for Tenor Solo, Horn and Strings" / performer: "Serenade Opus 31 for Tenor Solo, Horn and Strings")
 
1987 Every Breath You Take (TV movie) (music: "Sanctus and Benedictus" - uncredited)
 
1987 The Angelic Conversation (music: "Sea Interludes")
 
1986 Mauvais sang (music: "Simple Symphony - Variation on a theme by Franck Bridge")
 
1986 Singing the Blues in Red (music: "Cello Suite No. 2 in D Major, Op. 80")
 
1982 Doktor Faustus (writer: "Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op.68" / music: "A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.64")
 
1978 ITV Sunday Night Drama (TV series)
– Clouds of Glory: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1978) (music: "Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra", "Peter Grimes" excerpts)
 
1969 Civilisation (TV series documentary)
 
1961 A Joyful Noise (TV movie) (music: "Hodie")
 
1952 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
– The Play of the Nativity of the Child Jesus (1952) (music: "Hodie Christus Natus Est" excerpt)
 
1939 Men of the Alps (documentary) (music: "Machine Music" - uncredited / arranger: "Piano Pieces" - uncredited)
 
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2013 Peter Grimes on Alderburgh Beach
 
1971 NET Opera Theater (TV series)
– Owen Wingrave (1971)
 
1946 Instruments of the Orchestra (short)
 
1939 Men of the Alps (documentary)
 
1938 God's Chillun (documentary short)
 
1938 Advance Democracy! (documentary short)
 
1938 Four Barriers (documentary)
 
1938 Mony a Pickle (short)
 
1937 Around the Village Green (documentary short)
 
1937 The Saving of Bill Blewitt (short)
 
1937 The Line to Tschierva Hut (documentary)
 
1937 Daughter
 
1937 A Night of Terror
 
1936 Calendar of the Year (documentary short)
 
1936 The Way to the Sea (short)
 
1936 Message from Geneva (documentary)
 
1936 Night Mail (documentary short)
 
1935 How Gas is Made (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1935 Coal Face (documentary short)
 
1935 The King's Stamp (short)
 
1933 Cable Ship (documentary short)
 
Show ShowWriter (3 titles)
2013 Peter Grimes on Alderburgh Beach
 
2005 A Midsummer Night's Dream (TV movie) (libretto)
 
1981/II A Midsummer Night's Dream (TV movie) (libretto)
 
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1936 Night Mail (documentary short) (sound director)
 
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1979 Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was... (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1967 The Bell Telephone Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Benjamin Britten and His Aldeburgh Festival (1967) … Himself
 
1965 Overture and Beginners (documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2010 Alan Bennett and the Habit of Art (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (TV series)
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1939) He was musical director for JB Priestley's play, "Johnson Over Jordan," at the New Theatre in London, England with Ralph Richardson, Edna Best, Victoria Hopper, and Albert Chevalier in the cast. Basil Dean was director. See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | 1 Article  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Baron Benjamin Britten of Aldeburgh | Lord Benjamin Britten of Aldeburgh | Britten
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

In the case of a few composers, a very few, when I hear a work I do not like, I am convinced it is my own fault. [Giuseppe] Verdi is one of those composers. See more »

Trivia:

He was awarded CH (Companion of Honour) in the 1953 Queen's Honours List; awarded OM (Order of Merit) in the 1965 Queen's Honours List; and awarded a Life-Peerage (Baron/Lord) in the 1976 Queen's Honours List for his services to music. See more »

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