Benjamin Britten: Intermediate Sheet Music

A shortened version of Purcell's Fairy Queen for concert performance devised by Peter Pears, with the words taken from an anonymous adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Edited and realized by Benj...

The edition is part of the ABRSM syllabus (grade 8).

The music of Henry Purcell formed a major influence across Britten’s output. The numerous editions of Purcell housed in Britten and Pears’s Library and Archive in Aldeburgh indicate the lasting import...

This was one of several concert pieces that Britten extracted from his 1953 coronation opera, a work which has only received its rightful due in recent years. The opera's dramatic core is the unfoldin...