Three Pieces from Suite op. 6 for violin and piano by Benjamin Britten
Published by Boosey and Hawkes
Benjamin Britten (1913-76) was among the most significant English composers of the middle 20th century. An admirer of the music of Mahler, Shostakovich, and his teacher Frank Bridge, he also found great inspiration in English baroque and Renaissance music and helped broaden the predominant English style beyond the prevailing pastoralism of his day. Though most known for his operatic, vocal, and choral music, he wrote much for strings.
Britten's Suite, Op.6 for violin and piano, written for Antonio Brosa in 1935 when he was 21, can be considered a late student and early mature piece. It is a cosmopolitan work of varying tone and humor, ranging from a march to a lullaby and even including friendly experiments with serialism. He continued to tinker with it up until the last year of his life, published in 1976 a definitive version that reduces the original five movements down to three, which is the version presented by this publication. Advanced level, Grade 5.
- CONTENTS:
- March
- Lullaby
- Waltz
