KnowraBenjamin BrittenLinked fromLinked fromThe 17 pages that link to Benjamin Britten, each with the reason it gives.All 17Related 12Compared with 5W. H. AudenRelated: Auden wrote librettos and song texts for Britten, though their artistic partnership later fractured.Art songRelated: His work shows how twentieth-century composers renewed the song tradition in English.Decca RecordsRelated: Decca documented Britten's music, often under the composer's own direction.Royal College of MusicRelated: Britten's training there preceded his influential career in opera and concert music.Ralph Vaughan WilliamsCompared with: Britten’s different musical language and international outlook mark a contrast with Vaughan Williams’s folk-rooted style.The Turn of the ScrewRelated: His score turns James’s compact tale into a tightly organized musical drama.Sviatoslav RichterRelated: Britten and Richter performed together, notably in concerts and recordings of chamber music.Mstislav RostropovichRelated: Britten composed major cello works for Rostropovich and became his close artistic collaborator.William WaltonCompared with: Britten’s distinct generation and aesthetic illuminate another path for British composition.Murray PerahiaRelated: Perahia’s early collaborations with Britten included performances at the Aldeburgh Festival.Benjamin ZephaniahCompared with: Zephaniah declined an OBE named after Britten, objecting to the British honours system and imperial history.Gian Carlo MenottiRelated: Britten’s Aldeburgh Festival offered a prominent model for Menotti’s festival work.Peter Maxwell DaviesCompared with: Britten’s accessible dramatic idiom offers a contrast with Davies’s more abrasive modernist theatre.Dennis BrainRelated: Britten wrote the Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings with Brain as its original horn soloist.Julian BreamRelated: Britten wrote the guitar song cycle Nocturnal for Bream.Peter SculthorpeCompared with: Britten’s strong national voice offers a British counterpart to Sculthorpe’s Australian project.The Last Rose of SummerRelated: His setting of the song recasts the melody for voice and piano.
KnowraBenjamin BrittenLinked fromLinked fromThe 17 pages that link to Benjamin Britten, each with the reason it gives.All 17Related 12Compared with 5W. H. AudenRelated: Auden wrote librettos and song texts for Britten, though their artistic partnership later fractured.Art songRelated: His work shows how twentieth-century composers renewed the song tradition in English.Decca RecordsRelated: Decca documented Britten's music, often under the composer's own direction.Royal College of MusicRelated: Britten's training there preceded his influential career in opera and concert music.Ralph Vaughan WilliamsCompared with: Britten’s different musical language and international outlook mark a contrast with Vaughan Williams’s folk-rooted style.The Turn of the ScrewRelated: His score turns James’s compact tale into a tightly organized musical drama.Sviatoslav RichterRelated: Britten and Richter performed together, notably in concerts and recordings of chamber music.Mstislav RostropovichRelated: Britten composed major cello works for Rostropovich and became his close artistic collaborator.William WaltonCompared with: Britten’s distinct generation and aesthetic illuminate another path for British composition.Murray PerahiaRelated: Perahia’s early collaborations with Britten included performances at the Aldeburgh Festival.Benjamin ZephaniahCompared with: Zephaniah declined an OBE named after Britten, objecting to the British honours system and imperial history.Gian Carlo MenottiRelated: Britten’s Aldeburgh Festival offered a prominent model for Menotti’s festival work.Peter Maxwell DaviesCompared with: Britten’s accessible dramatic idiom offers a contrast with Davies’s more abrasive modernist theatre.Dennis BrainRelated: Britten wrote the Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings with Brain as its original horn soloist.Julian BreamRelated: Britten wrote the guitar song cycle Nocturnal for Bream.Peter SculthorpeCompared with: Britten’s strong national voice offers a British counterpart to Sculthorpe’s Australian project.The Last Rose of SummerRelated: His setting of the song recasts the melody for voice and piano.