Benjamin Britten

Cyfansoddwr Seisnig oedd Syr Edward Benjamin Britten (22 Tachwedd 1913 – 4 Rhagfyr 1976).

Benjamin Britten
Ganwyd	Edward Benjamin Britten  22 Tachwedd 1913  Lowestoft
Bu farw	4 Rhagfyr 1976  Aldeburgh
Label recordio	Decca Records
Dinasyddiaeth	y Deyrnas Unedig
Alma mater	Y Coleg Cerdd Frenhinol Ysgol Gresham Old Buckenham Hall School
Galwedigaeth	arweinydd, cyfansoddwr, pianydd, gwleidydd, coreograffydd
Swydd	aelod o Dŷ'r Arglwyddi
Adnabyddus am	A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Turn of the Screw, Peter Grimes, The Rape of Lucretia, Albert Herring, The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Arddull	opera, symffoni, cerddoriaeth glasurol
Tad	Robert Victor Britten
Mam	Edith Rhoda Hockey
Partner	Peter Pears
Gwobr/au	Gwobr Gerdd Léonie Sonning, Medal Aur Cymdeithas y Royal Philharmonic, Wihuri Sibelius Prize, Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, Johann-Heinrich-Merck-Ehrung, Cydymaith Anrhydeddus, Urdd Teilyngdod
Gwefan	https://www.brittenpears.org/
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Gwaith cerddorol

• Op. 1, Sinfonietta, 1932
• Op. 2, Phantasy, 1932
• Op. 3, A Boy was Born, 1933/1955
• Op. 4, Simple Symphony, 1934
• Op. 5, Holiday Diary, 1934
• Op. 6, Suite i feiolin a phiano, 1935
• Op. 7, Friday Afternoons, 1935
• Op. 8, Our Hunting Fathers (bardd W. H. Auden), 1936
• Op. 9, Soirées musicales, 1936
• Op. 10, Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, 1937
• Op. 11, On this Island (bardd W. H. Auden), 1937
• Op. 12, Mont Juic, 1937
• Op. 13, Concerto i Biano, 1938/1945
• Op. 14, Ballad of Heroes (beirdd W. H. Auden & Randall Swingler), 1939
• Op. 15, Concerto i Feiolin, 1939/1958
• Op. 16, Young Apollo, 1939
• Op. 17, Paul Bunyan (bardd W. H. Auden) 1941/1976
• Op. 18, Les Illuminations (bardd Arthur Rimbaud), 1939
• Op. 19, Canadian Carnival, 1939
• Op. 20, Sinfonia da Requiem, 1940
• Op. 21, Diversions 1940/1954
• Op. 22, Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, 1940
• Op. 23
  • 1, Introduction and Rondo alla burlesca, 1940
  • 2, Mazurka elegaica, 1941
• Op. 24, Matinées musicales, 1941
• Op. 25, Pedwarawd Llinynnol rhif 1, 1941
• Op. 26, Scottish Ballad, 1941
• (Op. 27, An American Overture, 1941)
• Op. 27, Hymn to St. Cecilia, 1942
• Op. 28, A Ceremony of Carols, 1942
• Op. 29, Prelude and Fugue, 1943
• Op. 30, Rejoice in the Lamb, 1943
• Op. 31, Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, 1943
• Op. 32, Festival Te Deum, 1945
• Op. 33, Peter Grimes, 1945
• Op. 34, Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Henry Purcell, 1946
• Op. 35, The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, 1945
• Op. 36, Pedwarawd Llinynnol rhif 2, 1945
• Op. 37, The Rape of Lucretia, 1946/1947
• Op. 38, Occasional Overture, 1946
• Op. 39, Albert Herring opera (bardd Eric Crozier), 1947
• Op. 40, My beloved is mine (bardd Francis Quarles), 1947
• Op. 41, A Charm of Lullabies, 1947
• Op. 42, St Nicolas, 1948
• Op. 43, The Beggar's Opera, 1948
• Op. 44, Spring Symphony, 1949
• Op. 45, The Little Sweep (bardd Eric Crozier), 1949
• Op. 46, Amo Ergo Sum (bardd Ronald Duncan), 1949
• Op. 47, Five Flower Songs, 1950
• Op. 48, Lachrymae, 1950
  • Op. 48a, Lachrymae, 1976
• Op. 49, Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, 1951
• Op. 50, Billy Budd, opera (bardd E. M. Forster), 1951/1960
• Op. 51, Abraham and Isaac, 1952
• Op. 52, Winter Words (bardd Thomas Hardy), 1953
• Op. 53, Gloriana, 1953
• Op. 54, The Turn of the Screw (bardd Myfanwy Piper), 1954
• Op. 55, Still Falls the Rain (bardd Edith Sitwell), 1954
• Op. 56
  • Op. 56a, Hymn to St Peter, 1955
  • Op. 56b, Antiphon, 1955
• Op. 57, The Prince of the Pagodas, 1956
  • Op. 57a, Pas de six, 1956
• Op. 58, Songs from the Chinese, 1957
• Op. 59, Noye's Fludde, 1957
• Op. 60, Nocturne, 1958
• Op. 61, Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente, 1958
• Op. 62, Cantata academica, 1959
• Op. 63, Missa brevis, 1959
• Op. 64, A Midsummer Night's Dream (beirdd Benjamin Britten & Peter Pears), 1960
• Op. 65, Sonata i sielo a phiano, 1961
• Op. 66, War Requiem, 1961
• Op. 67, Psalm CL, 1962
• Op. 68, Cello Symphony, 1963
• Op. 69, Cantata misericordium, 1963
• Op. 70, Nocturnal after John Dowland, 1963
• Op. 71, Curlew River (bardd William Plomer), 1964
• Op. 72, Cello Suite rhif 1, 1964
• Op. 73, Gemini Variations, 1965
• Op. 74, Songs and Proverbs of William Blake, 1965
• Op. 75, Voices for Today, 1965
• Op. 76, The Poet's Echo (bardd Aleksandr Pushkin), 1965
• Op. 77, The Burning Fiery Furnace (bardd William Plomer), 1966
• Op. 78, The Golden Vanity (bardd Colin Graham), 1966
• Op. 79, The Building of the House, 1967
• Op. 80, Cello Suite rhif 2, 1967
• Op. 81, The Prodigal Son (bardd William Plomer), 1968
• Op. 82, Children's Crusade (bardd Bertold Brecht), 1968
• Op. 83, Suite i delyn, 1969
• Op. 84, Who are these Children? (bardd William Soutar), 1969
• Op. 85, Owen Wingrave (bardd Myfanwy Piper), 1970
• Op. 86, The Journey of the Magi (bardd T. S. Eliot), 1971
• Op. 87, Cello Suite rhif 3, 1972
• Op. 88, Death in Venice (bardd Myfanwy Piper), 1973
• Op. 89, The Death of Narcissus (bardd T. S. Eliot), 1974
• Op. 90, A Suite on English Folk Tunes: A Time There Was, 1974
• Op. 91, Sacred and Profane, 1975
• Op. 92, A Birthday Hansel (bardd Robert Burns), 1975
• Op. 93, Phaedra, cantata (bardd Robert Lowell), 1975
• Op. 94, Pedwarawd Llinynnol rhif 3, 1975
• Op. 95, Welcome Ode, 1976