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BENJAMIN BRITTEN Personální bibliografie Z DÍLA BENJAMINA BRITTENA Hudebniny A birthday Hansel [hudebnina]. For high voice and harp, op. 92. [Composed by] Benjamin Britten. Poems by Robert Burns. The harp part edited by Osian Ellis. London : Faber Music, 1978. 1 partitura (30 s.). A Ceremony of Carols [hudebnina]. For treble voices and harp, Op. 28. Übersetzung aus dem Engl. von Herbert E. Herlitschka. London : Boosey & Hawkes, 1994. 1 partitura (64 s.). A. M. D. G. [hudebnina]. Ad majorem Dei gloriam (1939). Seven settings of Gerard Manley Hopkins for unaccompanied SATB. London : Faber Music, 1989. 1 sborová partitura (55 s.). A Midsummer night’s dream [hudebnina]. Ein Sommernachtstraum. Opera in three acts, op. 64. [Composed by] Benjamin Britten. Libretto adapted from William Shakespeare by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears. London : Boosey & Hawkes, 1960. 1 klavírní výtah (314 s.). An American ouverture (1941) [hudebnina]. For orchestra. London : Faber, 1985. 1 partitura (34 s.). Cadenzas to Mozart’s piano concerto in Es, K 482 [hudebnina]. London : Faber, 1967. 7 s. Canticle IV [hudebnina]. Journey of the Magi. For counter-tenor, tenor, baritone and piano. Op. 86. [Composed by] Benjamin Britten. Poem by T. S. Eliot. London : Faber Music, 1972. 1 partitura (24 s.). Canticle V [hudebnina]. The death of Saint Narcissus. For tenor and harp, op. 89. [Composed by] Benjamin Britten. Poem by T. S. Eliot. London : Faber Music, 1996. 1 partitura (15 s.). Concerto No. 1, Op. 15 for Violin and Orchestra [hudebnina]. Reduction for Violin and Piano. London : Hawkes & Son, c1940. 1 klavírní výtah (40 s.) + 1 hlas (17 s.). CROZIER, Eric: Wir machen eine Oper [hudebnina]. Eine Unterhaltung für die Jugend. Zusammen mit der Kinderoper „Der kleine Schornsteinfeger“. Music von Benjamin Britten. Frankfurt : Ullstein Taschenbücher Verlag, 1959. 184 s. Curlew river [hudebnina]. A parable for church performance, op. 71. [Composed by] Benjamin Britten. Libretto based on the medieval Japanese No-play „Sumidagawa“ of Juro Motomasa (1395– 1431) by William Plomer. German translation by Ludwig Landgraf. Production notes by Colin Graham. London : Faber and Faber, 1983. 1 partitura (xii, 160 s.). Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra, op. 21 [hudebnina]. [Composed by] Benjamin Britten. Reduction for two pianos. London : Hawkes & Son, c1955. 1 klavírní výtah (55 s.). Elegy [hudebnina]. For solo viola. [Composed by] Benjamin Britten. [P ředml.] Colin Matthews, Rosamund Strode. London : Faber Music, 1985. [3], 3 s. 1 Fancie [hudebnina]. Unison Voices and Piano. [Composed by] Benjamin Britten. Words by William Shakespeare. London : Boosey & Hawkes, c1964. 1 partitura (4 s.). Festival Te Deum for Coir and Organ, op. 32 [hudebnina]. [Composed by] Benjamin Britten. London : Rogers, 1945. 20 s. Folk songs [hudebnina]. Arrangements Benjamin Britten. London : Boosey & Hawkes, 1946. 40 s. Four sea interludes, Op. 33a [hudebnina]. From the opera „Peter Grimes“. London : Boosey & Hawkes, c1946. 1 studijní partitura (85 s.). Friday afternoons [hudebnina]. Op. 7. Vocal score. London : Boosey & Hawkes, 1966. 40 s. Gloriana [hudebnina]. An opera in three acts. Opus 53. Revised edition 1984. Music by Benjamin Britten. [Libretto by] William Plomer. London : Boosey & Hawkes, [po 1995]. 1 klavírní výtah (230 s.). HERMAN, František: Orchestrální studie pro fagot I. (A–K) [hudebnina]. [Obsahuje též skladby B. Brittena.] Praha : Hudební fakulta Akademie múzických um ění, 1997. 288 s. Hymn to St. Cecilia, Op. 27: for S.S.A.T.B. [hudebnina]. [Composed by] Benjamin Britten. Words by W. H. Auden. London : Boosey & Hawkes, 1942. 44 s. Choral dances from Glorians for mixed voices [hudebnina]. [Composed by] Benjamin Britten. Words by William Plomer. London : Boosey & Hawkes, 1954. 23 s. Christ’s nativity [hudebnina]. Christmas suite for chorus (1931). [Composed by] Benjamin Britten. [P ředml.] Donald Mitchell, Philip Reed. Words Henry Vaughan. London : Faber, 1994. 1 partitura (47 s.). – Choral programme series. Chvála koled [hudebnina]. A Ceremony of Carols. Praha : Supraphon, 1967. 1 LP. Jubilate Deo [hudebnina]. For choir and organ (1934). London : Faber, 1990. 1 partitura (11 s.). King Herod and the cock [hudebnina]. For unison voices and piano. (Melody and words collected by Cecil Sharp). Arranged by Benjamin Britten for Unison Voices and Piano. London : Boosey & Hawkes, c1965. 1 partitura (4 s.). Les illuminations: opus 18 [hudebnina]. For soprano or tenor and string orchestra. Text by Arthur Rimbaud. [Composed by] Benjamin Britten. London : Boosey & Hawkes, [1940]. 1 studijní partitura (56 s.). Men of Goodwill [hudebnina]. Variations on a Christmas carol for orchestra (1947). [Composed by] Benjamin Britten. [P ředml.] Colin Matthews. London : Faber Music, 1982. 1 partitura (38 s.). Missa brevis in D [hudebnina]. For boys’ voices and organ. Op. 63. London : Boosey & Hawkes, 1959. 14 s. Occasional overture (1946) [hudebnina]. For orchestra. London : Faber, 1984. 1 partitura (36 s.). Overture [hudebnina]. Paul Bunyan. For orchestra. [Composed by] Benjamin Britten. Orchestrated by Colin Matthews. London : Faber Music, 1980. 1 partitura (25 s.). 2 Owen Wingrave [hudebnina]. An opera in two acts. Op. 85. [Composed by] Benjamin Britten. Libretto by Myfanwy Piper based on short story by Henry James. German transl. by Klaus Hennenberg, Karl Robert Marz. Vocal score by David Matthews. London : Faber Music, 1975. 1 klavírní výtah ([8], 213 s.). Paul Bunyan [hudebnina]. An operetta in two acts and a prologue, op. 17. [Composed by] Benjamin Britten. Libretto by W. H. Auden. Piano reduction by David Matthews. Publisher’s note by Donald Mitchell. London : Faber Music, 1978. 1 klavírní výtah (xii, 172 s.). Peter Grimes [hudebnina]. An opera in three acts and a prologue derived from the poem of George Crabbe. Op. 33. [Composed by] Benjamin Britten. Words by Montagu Slater. Vocal score by Erwin Stein. London : Boosey & Hawkes, c1945. 1 klavírní výtah (380 s.). Phaedra [hudebnina]. Dramatic cantata for mezzo-soprano and small orchestra, op. 93. [Composed by] Benjamin Britten. Words from a verse translation of Racine’s Phaedre by Robert Lowell. London : Faber Music, 1992. 1 partitura ([6], 37 s.). Phantasy [hudebnina]. London : Boosey & Hawkes, 1935. 21 s. PICEK, Josef: Klavírní čítanka 20. století [hudebnina]. [Obsahuje též životopisný portrét B. Brittena.] Mikulovice : H Music Publishing, 1999. 36 s. Pjesy dlja fortepiano [hudebnina] = Hudba pro klavír. Moskva : Muzyka, 1979. 1 partitura (40 s.). Quartettino [hudebnina]. For string quartett (1930). London : Faber Music, 1983. 4 hlasy [28 s.]. Quatre chansons françaises [hudebnina]. Four French songs for high voice and orchestra (1928). [Composed by] Benjamin Britten. Vocale score by Colin Matthews. Poems by Victor Hugo, Paul Verlaine. London : Faber Music, 1982. 1 klavírní výtah ([6], 14 s.). Reveille [hudebnina]. Concert study for violin with piano accompaniment (1937). [Composed by] Benjamin Britten. [P ředml.] John Evans. Ed. by Hugh Maguire. London : Faber Music, 1983. 1 partitura (6 s.) + 1 hlas (3 s.). Rhapsody [hudebnina]. For string quartet (1929). London : Faber, 1989. 1 partitura (11 s.). Russian funeral [hudebnina]. For brass and percussion. London : Faber Music, 1981. 11 hlas ů [19 vol. l.]. Sacred and profane [hudebnina]. Eight medieval lyrics. Op. 91. For unaccompanied voices. London : Faber Music, 1977. 1 partitura (vii, 39 s.). Scottish Ballad [hudebnina]. For 2 pianos and orchestra. Arrangement for two pianos. Op. 26. London : Boosey & Hawkes, [1946]. [2], 40 s. Serenade for tenor solo, horn and strings, op. 31 [hudebnina]. London : Boosey & Hawkes, 1961. 38 s. Seven sonnets of Michelangelo [hudebnina]. (Op. 22). Set to music for tenor voice and piano. London : Boosey & Hawkes, [po 1993]. 1 partitura (29 s.). – Winthrop Rogers edition. Simple symphony for string orchestra (or string quartet) [hudebnina]. London : Oxford University Press, c1934. 1 partitura (22 s.). 3 Sinfonia da requiem: opus 20 [hudebnina]. London : Boosey & Hawkes, [1942]. 1 studijní partitura (65 s.). Songs and proverbs of William Blake [hudebnina]. For baritone and piano, op. 74. [Composed by] Benjamin Britten. [Poems by] William Blake. London : Faber and Faber, 1965. 1 partitura ([16], 38 s.). Spring symphony [hudebnina]. For soprano, alto and tenor soli, mixed chorus, boys’ choir and orchestra. Op. 44. London : Boosey & Hawkes, [c1950]. 1 studijní partitura (126 s.). String quartet No. 2, op. 36 [hudebnina]. [Composed by] Benjamin Britten. London : Boosey & Hawkes, c1946. 4 hlasy (18, 20, 18, 20 s.). Suite [hudebnina]. For violin and piano. Op. 6. [Composed by] Benjamin Britten. London : Boosey & Hawkes, [c1935]. 31, 1 s. Symphony for cello and orchestra: Op. 68 [hudebnina]. [Composed by] Benjamin Britten. London : Boosey & Hawkes, [c1964]. 1 studijní partitura (115 s.). Tema „Sacher“ [hudebnina]. For cello sollo. [K 70. narozeninám Paula Sachera v r. 1976.] [Composed by] Benjamin Britten. Ed. by Mstislav Rostropovich. London : Faber, 1990. 1 s. Temporal variations [hudebnina]. For oboe and piano (1936). London : Faber Music, c1980. 1 partitura (19 s.) + 1 hlas. The burning fiery furnace [hudebnina]. Die Jünglinge im Feuerofen. Second parable for church performance, op. 77. [Composed by] Benjamin Britten. Libretto by William Plomer. German translation by Ludwig Landgraf. Production notes by Colin Graham. London : Faber Music, 1983. 1 partitura ([10], 204 s.). The company of heaven (1937) [hudebnina]. Cantata for speaker(s), soprano solo, tenor
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    Boys’ Voices, Lads’ Voices: Benjamin Britten and the “Raggazo” (Continental) Sound. Jim Coyle Lecturer, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney, Australia. Abstract Over 20% of the opus-numbered compositions by Benjamin Britten involved the sound of young voices. In thirteen of these pieces, he stipulated a chorus of trebles. Britten is known to have had a preference for what he perceived as a natural singing sound, rather than the refined and pure tone of a cathedral choir. This study analyses these works for five musical parameters: pitch range, pitch proximity, mean pitch, phrase length, and notated dynamics to demonstrate that Britten had two distinct styles when writing for treble chorus. One is for the traditional English cathedral sound and the other is for the ‘continental’ voice produced by certain choirs for whom he wrote. There are some transitional works composed in the late 1940s and early 1950s that show characteristics of both of these styles. These conclusions will help in interpreting Britten’s works and as technical guidelines for composers seeking particular effects when writing for the treble choir. Keywords trebles, cathedral choir, Benjamin Britten, boys, continental tone, ragazzo. Introduction The Nature of the Question The use of boys’ voices is a noticeable characteristic of the music of English composer Benjamin Britten (1913-1976). He was strongly committed to writing music for children and young people of both sexes and used them as soloists, in small ensembles, and in larger choruses and choirs (Holst, 1966). Certain of the works involving a chorus of boys show a marked timbral difference from the others and were composed with that particularly robust tone colour, the continental or ragazzo sound, in mind (Ashley, 2009).
  • Naxos Catalog (May

    Naxos Catalog (May

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