The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Henry Purcell, Op. 34: Theme A: Allegro maestoso e largamente The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations ...

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A statue of Benjamin Britten as a boy "is in the factory being ... said he hoped the piece would act as an inspiration for ...

Later, at the Royal College of Music, John Ireland was his composition teacher; Arthur Benjamin (of Jamaica Rumba fame) taught him piano. Britten’s unique voice was quick in arriving and soon after ...

Benjamin Britten was an English composer who was born ... He also wrote a lot of music for children. His Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra explores and explains each instrument one by one.