Benjamin Britten
Style: Avant-garde
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) is represented in the Guitar Events repertoire database with 24 guitar works from the contemporary repertoire. The catalogue files this music under Avant-garde. Typical performance times run from about a minute for Songs from the Chinese: Dance Song to about 16 minutes for Nocturnal after John Dowland Op. 70. 3 of the works run to eight minutes or more and can anchor a recital group, while 19 stay under three minutes. Recordings are linked for 13 of the 24 works.
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Guitar works
- Bonny at Morn 2:31 Listen Sheet music CD
- Folksong arrangements 10:00 Sheet music CD
- I Will Give My Love an Apple 1:18 Listen Sheet music CD
- Master Kilby 1:59 Listen Sheet music CD
- Nocturnal after John Dowland Op. 70 16:00 Listen Sheet music CD
- Nocturnal Op. 70: I. Musingly (Meditativo) 2:15 Sheet music CD
- Nocturnal Op. 70: II. Very agitated (Molto agitato) 1:15 Sheet music CD
- Nocturnal Op. 70: III. Restless (Inquieto) 1:45 Sheet music CD
- Nocturnal Op. 70: IV. Uneasy (Ansioso) 1:45 Sheet music CD
- Nocturnal Op. 70: Theme (Molto tranquillo) 2:15 Sheet music CD
- Nocturnal Op. 70: V. March-like (Quasi una marcia) 1:45 Sheet music CD
- Nocturnal Op. 70: VI. Dreaming (Sognante) 1:15 Sheet music CD
- Nocturnal Op. 70: VII. Gently rocking (Cullante) 1:45 Sheet music CD
- Nocturnal Op. 70: VIII. Passacaglia (Misurato) 5:30 Sheet music CD
- Sailor-Boy 1:54 Listen Sheet music CD
- Songs from the Chinese Op. 58 12:00 Sheet music CD
- Songs from the Chinese: Dance Song 1:11 Listen Sheet music CD
- Songs from the Chinese: Depression 1:38 Listen Sheet music CD
- Songs from the Chinese: The Autumn Wind 1:21 Listen Sheet music CD
- Songs from the Chinese: The Big Chariot 2:12 Listen Sheet music CD
- Songs from the Chinese: The Herd-Boy 1:22 Listen Sheet music CD
- Songs from the Chinese: The Old Lute 2:48 Listen Sheet music CD
- The Shooting of His Dear Listen Sheet music CD
- The Soldier and the Sailor 2:40 Listen Sheet music CD
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