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Britten, Benjamin [Eduard Benjamin]

composer, Komponist, Komposition, musicista, piano, revisione, sogg., conductor, musicista, viola, piano


born: 22 Dec 1913 Lowestoft, Suffolk / county, England Source: 1  

born: 1913  

died: 04 Dec 1976 Aldeburgh, Suffolk / county, England Source: 1  

date of Variety obit: 08 Dec 1976  

perf: 1945-1946 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1947-1948 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1949-1950 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1950-1951 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1951-1952 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1951-1952 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
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perf: 1952-1953 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
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perf: 1955-1956 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
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perf: 1956-1957 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1958-1959 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1960-1961 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
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perf: 1962-1963 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1963-1964 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1964-1965 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1964-1965 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1964-1965 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1967-1968 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1968-1969 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1970-1971 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1970 South Australia / state, Australia  
perf: 1971-1972 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1971-1972 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1972-1973 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1976-1977 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1979 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1980 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1983 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1984 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1984-1985 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1984-1985 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1986 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1986 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1987 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1988 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1989 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1990 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1990 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  

The Music Sack has 509 items with information about Benjamin [Eduard Benjamin] Britten
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 2001

Index

p. 243-264 In:
Klein, Axel
Irish classical recordings
A discography of Irish art music
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2001, 264 p.

Number of People : 1,228


 1998

Index

The above item is part of :
Larkin, Colin
The encyclopedia of popular music
Third edition
New York: Macmillan, 1998, 8 v.

Number of People : 43,747


 1996

Other European Composers of the Twentieth Century

p. 447 In:
Gordon, Stewart
A History of Keyboard Literature.
Music for the Piano and its Forerunners
New York: Schirmer Books, 1996, 566 p.

Number of People : 126


 1996

Contemporary musicians volume 15
Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research, 1996, 313p.

Number of People : 60


 1996

Namenregister

p. 1119-1276 In:
Annalen van de opera gezelschappen in Nederland 1886-1995
Amsterdam: Den Uitgave van Theater Institute Nederland, 1996, 1276 p.

Number of People : 13,049


 1995

Personregister

p. 332-355 In:
Schepelern, Gerhard
Operaens historie i Danmark 1634-1975
Kobenhaven: Rosinante, 1995, 366 p.

Number of People : 1,121


 1995

Peysen, Joan
Babbitt, Milton
Tureck, Rosalyn
The music of my time
Foreword by Milton Babbitt and Rosalyn Tureck
London: Kahn & Averill, 1995, 474 p.

Number of People : 44


 1994

Booker, Mary
Music-making in the British Isles from 1890 to 1990
Ilfracombe, Devon: Arthur H. Stockwell, 1994, 172 p.

Number of People : 32


 1994

Karolyi, Otto
Modern British music.
The second British musical renaissance; from Elgar to P. Maxwell Davies
London: Associated University Presses, 1994

Number of People : 30


 1994

Saremba, Meinhard
Elgar, Britten & Co
Eine Geschichte der britischen Musik in zwolf Portraits
Zurich: M & T Verlag, 1994, 509 p.

Number of People : 15


 1994

Saremba, Meinhard
Elgar, Britten & Co
Eine Geschichte der britischen Musik in zwolf Portraits
Zurich: M & T Verlag, 1994, 509 p.

Number of People : 12


 1994

Fielden, Jan
Composers' letters
Edited by Jan Fielden
London: Marginalia Press, 1994, 193 p.

Number of People : 39


 1994

Booker, Mary
Music-making in the British Isles from 1890 to 1990
Devon: Arthur H. Stockwell, 1994, 172 p.

Number of People : 31


 1993

Holmes, John L.
Conductors on composers
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1993, 272 p.

Number of People : 70


 1992

Its composers

p. 257 In:
Summerfield, Maurice J.
The classical guitar : its evolution and players since 1860
By Maurice J. Summerfield
Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Ashley Mark Publishing, 1992, 333 p.

Number of People : 27


 1992

Indice Dei Nomi

p. 487-570 In:
Rossi, Franco
Girardi, Michele
Il teatro la Fenici : chronologia degli spettacoli 1938-1991
Venezia: Albrizzi Editore, 1992, 650 p.

Number of People : 11,539


 1992

Fleuret, Maurice
Daniel, Jean
Chroniques pour la musique d'aujour'hui
Preface de Jean Daniel
Arles, France: Editions Bernard Coutaz, 1992, 275 p.

Number of People : 54


 1992

Fousnaquer, Jacques-Emmanuel
Leble, Christian
Glayman, Claude
Musiciens de notre temps depuis 1945
Jacques-Emmanuel Fousnaquer, Claude Glayman, Christian Leble
Paris: Editions Plume, 1992, 542 p.

Number of People : 95


 1992

Sparrer, Walter-Wolfgang
Heister, Hanns-Werner
Komponisten der Gegenwart
Edition Text+Kritik
Herausgegeben von Hanns-Werner Heister und Walter-Wolfgang Sparrer
1992

Number of People : 466


 1991

Poultney, David
Dictionary of western church music
By David Poultny
Chicago: American Library Association, 1991, 234 p.

Number of People : 81


 1991

Blyth, Alan
Choral music on record
Edited by Alan Blyth
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991, 309 p.

Number of People : 18


 1991

Morgan, Robert P.
Twentieth-century music
A history of musical style in modern Europe and America
New York: W.W. Norton, 1991, 554 p.
      (Series: The Norton Introduction To Music History)

Number of People : 47


 1991

Thomson, John Mansfield
The Oxford history of New Zealand music
Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1991, 315 p.

Number of People : 508


 1991

Index

p. 295-369 In:
Holmes, Robyn
Through the opera glass.
A chronological register of opera performed in South Australia 1836 to 1988
Adelaide, South Australia: Friends of the State Opera of South Australia, 1991, 369 p.

Number of People : 2,928


 1991

Wright, H. Stephen
Limbacher, James L.
Keeping score : film and television music, 1980-1988
(with additional coverage of 1921-1979)
James L. Limbacher and H. Stephen Wright
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1991

Number of People : 5,562


 1990

White, J. Perry
Twentieth-century choral music
An annotated bibliography of music suitable for use by high school choirs
Second edition
By J. Perry White
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1990, 214 p.

Number of People : 166


 1990

Holmes, John L.
Composers on composers
New York: Greenwood Press, 1990, 189 p.

Number of People : 85


 1989

Sonti, Piero
Repertorio di musica Sinfonica : gli autori, le composizioni dal seicento a oggi
Ricordi, 1989

Number of People : 201


 1989

Performer Index : Conductors

p. 547-557 In:
Myers, Kurtz
Index to record reviews 1984-1987 : based on material ... 1984 AND 1987
Compiled and edited by Kurtz Myers
Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1989, 639 p.

Number of People : 20,297


 1988

Register

p. 205-216 In:
Willimann, Joseph
50 Jahre Pro Musica Ortsgruppe Zurich ...
Zurich: Atlantis Musikbuch Verlag, 1988, 216 p.

Number of People : 836


 1988

Holmes, John L.
Conductors : a record collector's guide : including compact discs
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1988

Number of People : 153


 1988

Triggiani, Giuseppe
Mannino, Franco
Il melodramma nel mondo 1597-1987
Prefazione di Franco Mannino
Bari: Levante Editori-Bari, 1988, 378 p.

Number of People : 216


 1988

Suppan, Wolfgang
Lexikon des Blasmusikwesens
3. Auflage des Lexikons des Blasmusikwesens
Herausgegeben in Verbindung mit dem Bund Deutscher Blasmusikverbande
Freiburg-Tiengen: Blasmusikverlag Schulz, 1988, 386 p.

Number of People : 2,925


 1987

Indice Dei Nomi

p. 296-362 In:
Trezzini, Lamberto
Due secoli di vita musicale storia del teatro comunale di Bologna
Seconda edizione
A cura di Lamberto Trezzini
Nuova Alfa Editoriale, 1987, 362 p.

Number of People : 4,845


 1987

Stinchelli, Enrico
I grandi direttori d'orchestra
Rome: Gremese Editore, 1987

Number of People : 376


 1987

Amis, John
Menuhin, Yehudi
Goehr, Laelia
Musicians in camera
Photographs by Laelia Goehr
Text by John Amis
With a foreword by Sir Yehudi Menuhin
London: Bloomsbury Press, 1987, 191 p.

Number of People : 70


 1987

Foreman, Lewis
From Parry to Britten : British music in letters 1900-1945.
A chonological anthology including correspondence by ...
London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1987, 332 p.

Number of People : 129


 1987

Montu-Berthon, Suzanne
La musique a deux claviers
(clavecin, piano, clavicorde ... )
1987, 141 p.

Number of People : 57


 1987

Steffens, Helmut
Musikersilhouetten : Achtzig Schattenbilder von Komponisten und Dirigenten aus der Entstehungszeit der Silhouette bis zur Gegenwart.
Gesammelt, kommentiert und herausgegen von Helmut Steffens
Leipzig: Edition Peters, 1987, 116 p.

Number of People : 62


 1986

Brett, Philip
Character and caricature in "Albert Herring"
Musical Times, 127 (1986), S. 545-547.

Number of People : 1


 1986

Elliott, Graham
The Operas of Benjamin Britten : a Spiritual View.
Opera Quarterly, 4, no. 3 (1986): 28-44.
       musical examples

Number of People : 1

Descriptive note


 1986

Boos, Kenneth G.
The study of the relationship between text and music in five selected choral works of Benjamin Britten
Miami (Miami, Fla.). 1986. dissertation.

Number of People : 1


 1986

Grove, George / Sir
British opera in retrospect. A project to encourage the performance of British operas
Sponsored and organised by the British Music Society for European music year, 1985
Opera Project Management Committee, 1986, 149 p.

Number of People : 184


 1986

Cescotti, Diego
Britten e la favola del "Bel Marinaio"
Rivista italiana di musicologia. 21 (1986), S. 170-193.
       Mit 17 Notenbeisp.

Number of People : 1


 1986

Bowen, Meirion
Britten und Tippett. Die Erneuerung der englischen Musik.
Osterreichische Musikzeitschrift. 41 (1986), S. 155-164.
       Mit Abb. u. 3 Notenbeisp.

Number of People : 1


 1986

Blyth, Alan
Song on Record 2
Edited by Alan Blyth
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986, 286 p.

Number of People : 16


 1986

Mitchell, Donald
Benjamin Britten "Cantata Academica", "Carmen Basiliense", op. 62 (1959)
Komponisten des 20. Jahrhunderts in der Paul Sacher Stiftung. Basel 1986. S. 268-272.
       Mit Abb. u. Faks.

Number of People : 1


 1986

Bauer, Hans-Gunther
"Fehler im System" als Sinngebung in Neuer Musik.
Die Funktion des Tritonus in Benjamin Brittens "War Requiem"
Musik und Bildung. 18 (1986), S. 459-464.
       Mit Abb., Faks. u. Notenbeisp.

Number of People : 1


 1986

Alexander, Peter E.
The process of composition of the libretto of Britten's "Gloriana"
Music and Letters. 67 (1986), S. 147-158.

Number of People : 1


 1985

Banfield, Stephen
Sensibility and English song
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985

Number of People : 54


 1985

Trend, Michael
The music makers; heirs and rebels of the English musical renaissance ; Edward Elgar to Benjamin Britten
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1985, 268 p.

Number of People : 35


 1985

Performer Index : Conductors

p. 775-786 In:
Myers, Kurtz
Index to record reviews 1978-1983 : based on material ...
Compiled and edited by Kurtz Myers
Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1985, 873 p.

Number of People : 1,433


 1985

Pahlen, Kurt
Oratorien der Welt : Oratorium Messe Requiem, te deum, stabat mater und grosse Kantate
Munchen: Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1985

Number of People : 115


 1985

Wilson, Lyle G.
A dictionary of pianists
London: Robert Hale, 1985

Number of People : 2,597


 1985

Performer Index : Instrumentalits

p. 715-745 In:
Myers, Kurtz
Index to record reviews 1978-1983 : based on material ...
Compiled and edited by Kurtz Myers
Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1985, 873 p.

Number of People : 4,398


 1985

Oosting, Stephen
Text-Music Relationships in Benjamin Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings.
Eastman School of Music (Rochester, N.Y.). 1985. D.M.A. 203 p.
  - Dissertation Abstracts International: 46-1124A

Number of People : 1


 1985

Boubel, Karen Brandser
The Conflict of Good and Evil
A Musical and Dramatic Study of Britten's Billy Budd.
Wisconsin (Madison). 1985. Ph.D. 236 p.
  - Dissertation Abstracts International: 46-2119A

Number of People : 1


 1985

Elliott, G.J.
Benjamin Britten : the things spiritual
Wales (Bangor). 1985. dissertation.

Number of People : 1


 1985

Performer Index : Speakers

p. 773-774 In:
Myers, Kurtz
Index to record reviews 1978-1983 : based on material ...
Compiled and edited by Kurtz Myers
Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1985, 873 p.

Number of People : 165


 1985

Cahn, Peter
[Review]
Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik. 146 (1985) H. 10, S. 54-55.

Number of People : 1


 1985

Mark, Christopher
Contextually transformed tonality in Britten.
Music Analysis. 4 (1985), S. 265-287.
       Mit 15 Notenbeisp.

Number of People : 1


 1985

Oosting, Stephen
Text-music relationships in Benjamin Britten's "Serenade for tenor, horn, and strings"
Eastman School of Music (Rochester, N.Y.). 1985. dissertation.

Number of People : 1


 1985

Mitchell, Donald
An afterword on Britten's "Pagodas"
The Balinese sources.
Tempo, No. 152 (1985), S. 7-11.

Number of People : 1


 1985

Boubel, Karen Brandser
The conflict of good and evil
A musical and dramatic study of Britten's "Billy Budd"
Wisconsin (Madison). 1985. dissertation.

Number of People : 1


 1985

Howard, Patricia (editor)
The Turn of the Screw.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985, 164 p.
       musical examples

Number of People : 1

Descriptive note


 1985

Howard, Patricia
Benjamin Britten, the turn of the screw.
Edited by Patricia Howard.
Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press 1985. XI, 164 S.
       Mit Ill. u. Noten.
      (Series: Cambridge opera handbooks)

Number of People : 1


 1985

Howard, Patricia
Benjamin Britten, the turn of the screw.
Edited by Parricia Howard.
Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press 1985. XI, 164 S.
       Mit Ill. u. Noten.
      (Series: Cambridge opera handbooks)

Number of People : 1

More Details : (1 review)


 1985

Wescott, Steven D.
A comprehensive bibliography of music for film and television
Compiled by Steven D. Wescott
Detroit: Information Coordinatores, 1985, 432 p.

Number of People : 161


 1984

Michon, Jacques
A propos du "War Requiem" de Benjamin Britten (1962). Relations dialectiques entre parole et musique dans la musique vocale.
L'Education Musicale. 42 (1984), No. 308, S. 20-22 u, No. 309/310, S. 16-21.
       Mit Notenbeisp.

Number of People : 1


 1984

Sutcliffe, James Helme
The Infinite Sea.
Opera News, 48 (April 1984): 16-18+.

Number of People : 1

Descriptive note


 1984

Packales, Joseph
Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes : an Analysis.
Kent State (Kent, Ohio). 1984. Ph.D. 118 p.
  - Dissertation Abstracts International: 45-983A

Number of People : 1


 1984

Hall, Michael
[Review]
Tempo. 151 (1984), S. 41-43.

Number of People : 1


 1984

Salmen, Gabriele
Musiker im Portrat
Munchen: C. H. Beck, 1984, 5 BANDE p.

Number of People : 402


 1984

Tibbetts, George Richard
An Analysis of the Text-Music Relationship in Selected Songs of Benjamin Britten.
Columbia University Teachers College (New York). 1984. Ed.D. 166 p.
  - Dissertation Abstracts International: 46-17A

Number of People : 1


 1984

Riehle, Wolfgang
Benjamin Britten's Oper "A midsummer night's dream" aus heutiger Sicht.
Deutsche Shakespeare-Gesellschaft West. Jahrbuch. 1984. S. 149-163.

Number of People : 1


 1984

Siohan, Robert
La musique etrangere au XXe siecle
Paris: Presse Universitaire de France, 1984, 128 p.

Number of People : 67


 1984

Machlis, Joseph
[Benjamin Britten]
The Enjoyment of Music. 5th Ed.
New York: W. W. Norton, 1984.
p. 523-525
       musical examples

Number of People : 1

Descriptive note


 1984

Palmer, Christopher
The Britten companion.
Edited by Christopher Palmer.
London: Faber 1984. 485 S.
       Mit Ill., Faks. u. Noten.

Number of People : 1


 1984

Palmer, Christopher (editor)
The Britten Companion.
Edited by...
London: Faber & Faber 1984. 485 S.
       Mit Abb. u. Notenbeisp.

Number of People : 1


 1984

Evans, D.J.O.
Benjamin Britten : Death in Venice: perspectives on an opera
Wales (Cardiff). 1984. dissertation.

Number of People : 1


 1984

Oehlmann, Werner
Oper in vier Jahrhunderten
Stuttgart: Belser Verlag, 1984, 864 p.

Number of People : 101


 1984

Hopkins, Antony
The concertgoer's companion
Vol. 1: Bach to Haydn
London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1984

Number of People : 14


 1984

Palmer, Christopher (editor)
The Britten Companion.
Edited by...
London: Faber & Faber 1984. 485 S.
       Mit Abb. u. Notenbeisp.

Number of People : 1

More Details : (1 review)


 1984

Bartlett, Clifford
[Review]
Brio. 21 (1984), S. 67-68.

Number of People : 1


 1984

Tibbetts, George Richard
An analysis of the text-music relationship in selected songs of Benjamin Britten and its implications for the interpretation of his solo song literature
Columbia University Teachers College (New York). 1984. dissertation.

Number of People : 1


 1984

Palmer, Christopher (editor)
The Britten Companion.
London: Faber and Faber, 1984, 485 p.

Number of People : 1

Descriptive note


 1984

Mitchell, Donald
Outline model for a biography of Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

p. 239-251 In:
Elvers, Rudolf
Festschrift Albi Rosenthal
Herausgegeben von Rudolf Elvers
Tutzing: H. Schneider, 1984. 319 p

Number of People : 1


 1984

John, Nicholas (editor)
Peter Grimes.
London: John Calder, 1984, 128 p.
       musical examples

Number of People : 1

Descriptive note


 1984

Palmer, Christopher
The Britten companion.
Edited by Christopher Palmer.
London: Faber 1984. 485 S.
       Mit Ill., Faks. u. Noten.

Number of People : 1

More Details : (1 review)


 1984

Packales, Joseph
Part 1 : String quartet.
(Original composition)
Part 2: Benjamin Britten's "Peter Grimes": an analysis
Kent State (Kent, Ohio). 1984. dissertation.

Number of People : 1


 1983

Taggart, Mark Alan
An Analysis of Suite for Cello, Op. 72 and Second Suite for Cello, Op. 80, by Benjamin Britten.
Cornell. 1983. D.M.A. 84 p.
  - Dissertation Abstracts International: 44-320A

Number of People : 1


 1983

Shelton, Margaret Mejer
The ABC of Phaedra : Word Painting as Structure in Britten's Phaedra.
California. 1983. Ph.D. 113 p.
  - Dissertation Abstracts International: 44-2289A

Number of People : 1


 1983

Northcott, Bayan
[Review]
Musical Times, 124 (1983), S. 168.

Number of People : 1


 1983

Brett, Philip
Benjamin Britten, Peter Grimes.
Compiled by Philip Brett.
Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press 1983. XIII, 217 S.
       Mit Ill., Faks. u. Noten.
      (Series: Cambridge opera handbooks)

Number of People : 1

More Details : (1 review)


 1983

Mark, Christopher
Simplicity in early Britten.
Tempo. 147 (1983), S. 8-14.
       Mit Faks. u. 4 Notenbeisp.

Number of People : 1


 1983

Schmiedel, Gottfried
Benjamin Britten.
Leipzig: Deutscher Verlag fur Musik 1983. 67 S.
       Mit Ill. u. 1 Notenbeisp.
      (Series: Fur Sie portratiert)

Number of People : 1


 1983

White, Eric Walter
Evans, John
Benjamin Britten : his life and operas.
2. ed.
Edited by John Evans.
London: Faber 1983. 322 S.
       Mit Ill. u. Noten.

Number of People : 1


 1983

Mayer, Mark
A Structural and Stylistic Analysis of the Benjamin Britten Curlew River.
Columbia University Teachers College (New York). 1983. Ed.D. 89 p.
  - Dissertation Abstracts International: 44-1370A

Number of People : 1


 1983

Mayer, Mark
A structural and stylistic analysis of the Benjamin Britten "Curlew River"
Columbia University Teachers College (New York). 1983. dissertation.

Number of People : 1


 1983

Evans, John
White, Eric Walter
Benjamin Britten : his life and operas.
2. ed.
Edited by John Evans.
London: Faber 1983. 322 S.
       Mit Ill. u. Noten.

Number of People : 1

More Details : (1 review)


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