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class="infobox-data">86</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Related</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Canticles_(Britten)" title="Canticles (Britten)">Canticles</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Text</th><td class="infobox-data">"<a href="/wiki/Journey_of_the_Magi" title="Journey of the Magi">Journey of the Magi</a>" by T. S. Eliot</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dedication</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Bowman_(countertenor)" title="James Bowman (countertenor)">James Bowman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Pears" title="Peter Pears">Peter Pears</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Shirley-Quirk" title="John Shirley-Quirk">John Shirley-Quirk</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Performed</th><td class="infobox-data">30 June 1971<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1971-06-30</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Published</th><td class="infobox-data">1971<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1971</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Scoring</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li>countertenor</li><li>tenor</li><li>baritone</li><li>piano</li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Canticle IV: The Journey of the Magi</b></i>, <a href="/wiki/Opus_number" title="Opus number">Op.</a> 86, is a composition for three male solo voices and piano by <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Britten" title="Benjamin Britten">Benjamin Britten</a>, part of his series of five <i><a href="/wiki/Canticles_(Britten)" title="Canticles (Britten)">Canticles</a></i>. It sets the text of <a href="/wiki/T._S._Eliot" title="T. S. Eliot">T. S. Eliot</a>'s poem "<a href="/wiki/Journey_of_the_Magi" title="Journey of the Magi">Journey of the Magi</a>", retelling the story of the <a href="/wiki/Biblical_Magi" title="Biblical Magi">biblical Magi</a>. The work was premiered in June 1971 at the <a href="/wiki/Aldeburgh_Festival" title="Aldeburgh Festival">Aldeburgh Festival</a> by <a href="/wiki/James_Bowman_(countertenor)" title="James Bowman (countertenor)">James Bowman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Pears" title="Peter Pears">Peter Pears</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Shirley-Quirk" title="John Shirley-Quirk">John Shirley-Quirk</a>, with Britten as the pianist. It was published the following year, dedicated to the three singers. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background_and_history">Background and history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Canticle_IV:_The_Journey_of_the_Magi&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background and history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Britten composed his five <i><a href="/wiki/Canticles_(Britten)" title="Canticles (Britten)">Canticles</a></i> over an extended period of almost 30 years, between 1947 and 1975.<sup id="cite_ref-Walker_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They have in common to be written for voices, all including a tenor with <a href="/wiki/Peter_Pears" title="Peter Pears">Peter Pears</a> in mind, and all setting religious but not biblical texts. The first such work was possibly titled <i>Canticle</i> because it set a paraphrase of verses from the <a href="/wiki/Song_of_Songs" title="Song of Songs">Song of Songs</a>, sometimes referred to as the Canticles. In the works, Britten followed the model of <a href="/wiki/Henry_Purcell" title="Henry Purcell">Purcell</a>'s <i>Divine Hymns</i>, and wrote works that can be seen as miniature <a href="/wiki/Cantata" title="Cantata">cantatas</a>, and as <a href="/wiki/Song_cycle" title="Song cycle">song cycles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MacDonald_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MacDonald-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After completing the third <i>Canticle</i> in 1954, Britten turned to the religious text "The Bitter Withy" in 1962, but abandoned the project. He turned to "Journey of the Magi" after a hiatus of 17 years after the third, writing <i>Canticle IV: The Journey of the Magi</i> in January 1971 for a <a href="/wiki/Countertenor" title="Countertenor">countertenor</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor">tenor</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Baritone" title="Baritone">baritone</a> and piano.<sup id="cite_ref-MacDonald_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MacDonald-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Faber_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Faber-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Boosey_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Boosey-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Johnson_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Johnson-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All canticles followed opera compositions, the fourth written five months after <i><a href="/wiki/Owen_Wingrave" title="Owen Wingrave">Owen Wingrave</a></i>. It was premiered on 6 June 1971 at <a href="/wiki/Snape_Maltings" class="mw-redirect" title="Snape Maltings">Snape Maltings</a> in <a href="/wiki/Suffolk" title="Suffolk">Suffolk</a>, England, as part of the <a href="/wiki/Aldeburgh_Festival" title="Aldeburgh Festival">Aldeburgh Festival</a>, performed by countertenor <a href="/wiki/James_Bowman_(countertenor)" title="James Bowman (countertenor)">James Bowman</a>, Pears as the tenor, and baritone <a href="/wiki/John_Shirley-Quirk" title="John Shirley-Quirk">John Shirley-Quirk</a>, with Britten as the pianist. It was published in 1972 by <a href="/wiki/Faber_Music" title="Faber Music">Faber Music</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Faber_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Faber-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Boosey_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Boosey-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The three singers in the premiere, to whom Britten dedicated <i>Canticle IV</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-MacDonald_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MacDonald-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> would perform major roles in the world premiere of his last opera, <i><a href="/wiki/Death_in_Venice_(opera)" title="Death in Venice (opera)">Death in Venice</a></i>, in 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-Walker_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Text_and_music">Text and music</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Canticle_IV:_The_Journey_of_the_Magi&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Text and music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Canticle IV</i> sets the text of the poem "<a href="/wiki/Journey_of_the_Magi" title="Journey of the Magi">Journey of the Magi</a>" by <a href="/wiki/T._S._Eliot" title="T. S. Eliot">T. S. Eliot</a>, published in 1927. The poem is narrated by one of the <a href="/wiki/Biblical_Magi" title="Biblical Magi">biblical Magi</a>, describing their voyage in retrospect,<sup id="cite_ref-Faber_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Faber-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and tells of the Magi's doubts and frustrations in searching for the new-born <a href="/wiki/Christ_Child" title="Christ Child">Christ Child</a>, and of their subsequent doubts about the significance of the voyage and what they had really seen.<sup id="cite_ref-MacDonald_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MacDonald-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The composition is structured as a <a href="/wiki/Rondo" title="Rondo">rondo</a>, with the solo voices at times blended into one. Sometimes the voices sing in different times and <a href="/wiki/Metre_(music)" title="Metre (music)">metres</a>, a feature that Britten had also used in his <a href="/wiki/Church_parables" class="mw-redirect" title="Church parables">church parables</a>. At the work's climax, the piano quotes <a href="/wiki/Plainsong" title="Plainsong">plainchant</a> tune "Magi videntes stellarum" (The wise men beholding the star), used as a <a href="/wiki/Magnificat" title="Magnificat">Magnificat</a> antiphon for First <a href="/wiki/Vespers" title="Vespers">Vespers</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Feast_of_the_Epiphany" class="mw-redirect" title="Feast of the Epiphany">Feast of the Epiphany</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MacDonald_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MacDonald-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The work's duration is given as 11 minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-Faber_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Faber-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recordings">Recordings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Canticle_IV:_The_Journey_of_the_Magi&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Recordings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The canticles, including <i>Canticle IV</i>, were recorded by <a href="/wiki/Naxos_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Naxos Records">Naxos Records</a> in 2005, with tenor <a href="/wiki/Philip_Langridge" title="Philip Langridge">Philip Langridge</a>, countertenor <a href="/wiki/Derek_Lee_Ragin" title="Derek Lee Ragin">Derek Lee Ragin</a>, baritone <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Finley" title="Gerald Finley">Gerald Finley</a>, and pianist <a href="/wiki/Steuart_Bedford" title="Steuart Bedford">Steuart Bedford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Anderson_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Canticle IV"</a>. <i>Britten Pears Arts</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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of Lucretia">The Rape of Lucretia</a></i> (1946)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Albert_Herring" title="Albert Herring">Albert Herring</a></i> (1947)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Little_Sweep" title="The Little Sweep">The Little Sweep</a></i> (1949)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Billy_Budd_(opera)" title="Billy Budd (opera)">Billy Budd</a></i> (1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gloriana" title="Gloriana">Gloriana</a></i> (1953)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Turn_of_the_Screw_(opera)" title="The Turn of the Screw (opera)">The Turn of the Screw</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noye%27s_Fludde" title="Noye's Fludde">Noye's Fludde</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Midsummer_Night%27s_Dream_(opera)" title="A Midsummer Night's Dream (opera)">A Midsummer Night's Dream</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Owen_Wingrave" title="Owen Wingrave">Owen Wingrave</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Death_in_Venice_(opera)" title="Death in Venice (opera)">Death in Venice</a></i> (1973)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Church parables</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Curlew_River" title="Curlew River">Curlew River</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Burning_Fiery_Furnace" title="The Burning Fiery Furnace">The Burning Fiery Furnace</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Prodigal_Son_(Britten)" title="The Prodigal Son (Britten)">The Prodigal Son</a></i> (1968)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Film/Ballet</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Town" title="Plymouth Town">Plymouth Town</a></i> (1931)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Night_Mail" title="Night Mail">Night Mail</a></i> (1936)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Prince_of_the_Pagodas" title="The Prince of the Pagodas">The Prince of the Pagodas</a></i> (1956)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Orchestral</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sinfonietta_(Britten)" title="Sinfonietta (Britten)">Sinfonietta</a> (1932)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Simple_Symphony" title="Simple Symphony">Simple Symphony</a></i> (1934)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Soir%C3%A9es_musicales" title="Soirées musicales">Soirées musicales</a></i> (1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Variations_on_a_Theme_of_Frank_Bridge" title="Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge">Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge</a></i> (1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mont_Juic_(suite)" title="Mont Juic (suite)">Mont Juic</a></i> (1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sinfonia_da_Requiem" title="Sinfonia da Requiem">Sinfonia da Requiem</a></i> (1940)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Matin%C3%A9es_musicales" title="Matinées musicales">Matinées musicales</a></i> (1941)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/An_American_Overture" title="An American Overture">An American Overture</a></i> (1941)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_Person%27s_Guide_to_the_Orchestra" title="The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra">The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra</a></i> (1946)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Concertante</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Piano_Concerto_(Britten)" title="Piano Concerto (Britten)">Piano Concerto</a> (1938, rev. 1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Violin_Concerto_(Britten)" title="Violin Concerto (Britten)">Violin Concerto</a> (1939, rev. 1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Young_Apollo" title="Young Apollo">Young Apollo</a></i> (1939)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Diversions_for_Piano_Left_Hand_and_Orchestra" title="Diversions for Piano Left Hand and Orchestra">Diversions for Piano Left Hand and Orchestra</a></i> (1940 rev. 1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cello_Symphony_(Britten)" title="Cello Symphony (Britten)">Cello Symphony</a> (1963)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vocal/Choral Orchestral</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Our_Hunting_Fathers" title="Our Hunting Fathers">Our Hunting Fathers</a></i> (1936)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Company_of_Heaven" title="The Company of Heaven">The Company of Heaven</a></i> (1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Les_Illuminations_(Britten)" title="Les Illuminations (Britten)">Les Illuminations</a></i> (1939)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Serenade_for_Tenor,_Horn_and_Strings" title="Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings">Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings</a></i> (1943)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Saint_Nicolas_(Britten)" title="Saint Nicolas (Britten)">Saint Nicolas</a></i> (1948)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Spring_Symphony" title="Spring Symphony">Spring Symphony</a></i> (1949)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nocturne_(Britten)" title="Nocturne (Britten)">Nocturne</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cantata_academica" title="Cantata academica">Cantata academica</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/War_Requiem" title="War Requiem">War Requiem</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cantata_misericordium" title="Cantata misericordium">Cantata misericordium</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Children%27s_Crusade_(Britten)" title="Children's Crusade (Britten)">Children's Crusade</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Phaedra_(cantata)" title="Phaedra (cantata)">Phaedra</a></i> (1975)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vocal</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Beware!_Three_Early_Songs" title="Beware! Three Early Songs">Beware! Three Early Songs</a></i> (1922–26)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Seven_Sonnets_of_Michelangelo" title="Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo">Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo</a></i> (1940)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Holy_Sonnets_of_John_Donne" title="The Holy Sonnets of John Donne">The Holy Sonnets of John Donne</a></i> (1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Britten%27s_Purcell_realizations" title="Britten's Purcell realizations">Britten's Purcell realizations</a> (1945)+</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Canticles_(Britten)" title="Canticles (Britten)">5 Canticles</a></i> (1947–75, including <i><a href="/wiki/Canticle_I:_My_beloved_is_mine_and_I_am_his" title="Canticle I: My beloved is mine and I am his">Canticle I: My beloved is mine and I am his</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Canticle_II:_Abraham_and_Isaac" title="Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac">Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac</a></i> (1952), <i><a href="/wiki/Canticle_III:_Still_falls_the_rain" title="Canticle III: Still falls the rain">Canticle III: Still falls the rain</a></i> (1954), <i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Canticle IV: The Journey of the Magi</a></i> (1971) and <i><a href="/wiki/Canticle_V:_The_Death_of_Saint_Narcissus" title="Canticle V: The Death of Saint Narcissus">Canticle V: The Death of Saint Narcissus</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Charm_of_Lullabies" title="A Charm of Lullabies">A Charm of Lullabies</a></i> (1947)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Winter_Words_(song_cycle)" title="Winter Words (song cycle)">Winter Words</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Songs_from_the_Chinese" title="Songs from the Chinese">Songs from the Chinese</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sechs_H%C3%B6lderlin-Fragmente" title="Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente">Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Songs_and_Proverbs_of_William_Blake" title="Songs and Proverbs of William Blake">Songs and Proverbs of William Blake</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Poet%27s_Echo" title="The Poet's Echo">The Poet's Echo</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Who_Are_These_Children%3F" title="Who Are These Children?">Who Are These Children?</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Birthday_Hansel" title="A Birthday Hansel">A Birthday Hansel</a></i> (1975)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Choral</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Friday_Afternoons" title="Friday Afternoons">Friday Afternoons</a></i> (1932–1935)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Boy_Was_Born" title="A Boy Was Born">A Boy was Born</a></i> (1933)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Te_Deum_in_C_(Britten)" title="Te Deum in C (Britten)">Te Deum in C</a></i> (1934)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Advance_Democracy" title="Advance Democracy">Advance Democracy</a></i> (1938)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Ceremony_of_Carols" title="A Ceremony of Carols">A Ceremony of Carols</a></i> (1942)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hymn_to_St_Cecilia" title="Hymn to St Cecilia">Hymn to St Cecilia</a></i> (1942)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Festival_Te_Deum_(Britten)" title="Festival Te Deum (Britten)">Festival Te Deum</a></i> (1944)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rejoice_in_the_Lamb" title="Rejoice in the Lamb">Rejoice in the Lamb</a></i> (1943)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Five_Flower_Songs" title="Five Flower Songs">Five Flower Songs</a></i> (1950)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hymn_to_St_Peter" title="Hymn to St Peter">Hymn to St Peter</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missa_Brevis_(Britten)" title="Missa Brevis (Britten)">Missa Brevis</a> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Hymn_of_St_Columba" title="A Hymn of St Columba">A Hymn of St Columba</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Golden_Vanity_(Britten)" title="The Golden Vanity (Britten)">The Golden Vanity</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Children%27s_Crusade_(Britten)" title="Children's Crusade (Britten)">Children's Crusade</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sacred_and_Profane_(8_medieval_lyrics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacred and Profane (8 medieval lyrics)">Sacred and Profane (8 medieval lyrics)</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jubilate_Deo_(Britten)" title="Jubilate Deo (Britten)">Jubilate Deo</a></i> (1961)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Chamber/Instrumental</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/String_Quartet_in_D_major_(Britten)" title="String Quartet in D major (Britten)">String Quartet in D major</a> (1931)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phantasy_Quartet" title="Phantasy Quartet">Phantasy Quartet</a> (oboe quartet, 1932)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/String_Quartet_No._1_(Britten)" title="String Quartet No. 1 (Britten)">String Quartet No. 1</a> (1941)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/String_Quartet_No._2_(Britten)" title="String Quartet No. 2 (Britten)">String Quartet No. 2</a> (1945)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Prelude_and_Fugue_on_a_Theme_of_Vittoria" title="Prelude and Fugue on a Theme of Vittoria">Prelude and Fugue on a Theme of Vittoria</a></i> (organ, 1946)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Six_Metamorphoses_after_Ovid" title="Six Metamorphoses after Ovid">Six Metamorphoses after Ovid</a></i> (oboe, 1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fanfare_for_St_Edmundsbury" title="Fanfare for St Edmundsbury">Fanfare for St Edmundsbury</a></i> (three trumpets, 1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cello_Sonata_(Britten)" title="Cello Sonata (Britten)">Cello sonata</a> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nocturnal_after_John_Dowland" title="Nocturnal after John Dowland">Nocturnal after John Dowland</a></i> (guitar, 1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cello_suites_(Britten)" title="Cello suites (Britten)">Cello suites</a> (1964, 1967, 1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/String_Quartet_No._3_(Britten)" title="String Quartet No. 3 (Britten)">String Quartet No. 3</a> (1975)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Collaborations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Homage_to_Paderewski" title="Homage to Paderewski">Homage to Paderewski</a></i> (1941)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Variations_on_an_Elizabethan_Theme" title="Variations on an Elizabethan Theme">Variations on an Elizabethan Theme</a></i> (1953)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Film adaptations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/War_Requiem_(film)" title="War Requiem (film)"><i>War Requiem</i> (1989 film)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Legacy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aldeburgh_Festival" title="Aldeburgh Festival">Aldeburgh Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Britten_Pears_Arts" title="Britten Pears Arts">Britten Pears Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Britten_Pears_Young_Artist_Programme" title="Britten Pears Young Artist Programme">Britten Pears Young Artist Programme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Britten-Pears_Orchestra" title="Britten-Pears Orchestra">Britten-Pears Orchestra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snape_Maltings_Concert_Hall" title="Snape Maltings Concert Hall">Snape Maltings Concert Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Red_House,_Aldeburgh" title="The Red House, Aldeburgh">The Red House, Aldeburgh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Named after Britten</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Britten_(train)" title="Benjamin Britten (train)">Benjamin Britten (train)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Britten_Academy" title="Benjamin Britten Academy">Benjamin Britten Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Britten_Inlet" title="Britten Inlet">Britten Inlet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Buckenham_Hall_School" title="Old Buckenham Hall School">Britten Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Britten_Sinfonia" title="Britten Sinfonia">Britten Sinfonia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Britten:_A_Life_in_the_Twentieth_Century" title="Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century">Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Britten%27s_Children" title="Britten's Children">Britten's Children</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cantus_in_Memoriam_Benjamin_Britten" title="Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten">Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Opera_Group" title="English Opera Group">English Opera Group</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dark_Tower_(radio_play)" title="The Dark Tower (radio play)">The Dark Tower</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scallop_(2003)" title="Scallop (2003)">Scallop (2003)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" 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