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The first movement of benjamin brittens simple symphony, titled boisterous bourree. Having spent the 1933 christmas holiday sorting through pieces written in his childhood and teenage years, he combined eight themes from those into the finished work. Britten simple symphony full score orchestral music. This simple symphony is entirely based on material from works which the composer wrote between the ages of nine and twelve. At one of these, during the triennial norfolk and norwich festival in october 1924, he heard frank bridges orchestral poem the sea, conducted by the composer. Shop and buy simple symphony for string orchestra sheet music. Doctor of musical arts performance, may 2009, 49 pp. It was composed for string orchestra and received its first performance in 1934 at stuart hall in norwich, with britten. Choral, opera, ballet, orchestral, chamber, piano, strings, concert and brass band music repertoire. Prominent in this popular britten simple symphony score is 8 notes which sound familiar as echoing the opening of barwick green the britten simple symphony score music to the longrunning bbc radio 4 everyday story of country folk, the archers, written in by arthur wood. Simple symphony for string orchestra by benjamin britten.
It was the first substantial piece of modern music he had ever encountered, and he was, in his own phrase, knocked sideways by it. At the age of 20, perhaps feeling nostalgic, britten set about recasting a handful of old piano tunes and song melodies from his preteen years into a fourmovement work for string orchestra. Although the development of these themes is in many places quite new, there are large stretches of the work which are taken bodily from the early pieces save for the rescoring for strings. The study score for simple symphony for string orchestra or string quartet, by benjamin britten. His bestknown works include the opera peter grimes 1945. Benjamin britten sheet music free download in pdf or midi. Jun 15, 2012 amadeus speelt simple symphony van benjamin britten. It received its first performance in 1934 at stuart. In our catalog, you can find benjamin britten sheet music for piano, drums, flute, saxophone, trumpet, guitar and almost any other. Benjamin britten sheet music books hard copy benjamin britten sheet music digital printable. The simple symphony was written in lowestoft, when britten was twenty and had completed his final term at the royal college of music. Benjamin britten simple symphony sheet music, music books. Simple symphony boisterous bourree double bass benjamin britten allegro molto pizz. Brittens note states that this simple symphony is entirely based on material which the composer wrote between the ages of nine and twelve.