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Compositions by Benjamin Britten

22 compositions
Composition M Catalog Comp'd Duration Publisher Notes  
Quartet [1926] 1926

In G minor

[Untitled, 1927 ca. (1)] 1927 ca. A

In G major

[Untitled, 1927 (2)] 1927 A

In A minor

[Untitled, 1927 (3)] 1927 A

In C major

Quartet [1927 (1)] 1927

In G Major; revised in 1928

Quartet [1927 (2)] 1927  
Cavatina 1927 A  
3 Poems 1927  
Quartet [1928] 1928 B–C

Faber

In F major

Novelette 1928 A  
Rhapsody 1929 A

Faber

Revised in 1929

Miniature Suite 1929  
Quartettino 1930 B

Faber

 
Autumn 1931

Text by Walter de la Mare

Includes: Voice
Quartet [1931] 1931 B

Faber

In D major; revised in 1974

Alla marcia 1933 A

Faber

Original 1st movement of Alla quartetto serioso

Simple Symphony Op. 4 1934 B

Chester

 
Dedicated to / written for:

Audrey Alston (Mrs. Lincolne Sutton)


3 Divertimenti

Go Play, Boy, Play

1936 B

Faber

Earlier version: Alla quartetto serioso of 1933, revised several times until 1936

Dedicated to / written for:

Francis Barton (3rd movement)


Quartet No. 1 Op. 25 1941 C Boosey & Hawkes

In D major

Dedicated to / written for: Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
Quartet No. 2 Op.36 1945 D

Boosey & Hawkes

In C major

Commissioned by:

Mary Behrend


Dedicated to / written for:

Mary Behrend


Chacony 1948 A

Adaptation of Chacony in G minor, Z. 730, of Henry Purcell

Quartet No. 3 Op. 94 1975 C

Faber

Revised in 1975

Dedicated to / written for:

Hans Keller; Amadeus Quartet