Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Britten's_Young_Person's_Guide_to_the_Orchestra
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:orchestra
gptkbp:basedOn theme by Henry Purcell
gptkbp:category orchestral music
variations
educational music
gptkbp:commissionedBy gptkb:Crown_Film_Unit
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Benjamin_Britten
gptkbp:dedicatedTo children
gptkbp:firstPerformed gptkb:Liverpool,_England
15 October 1946
gptkbp:fullTitle gptkb:The_Young_Person's_Guide_to_the_Orchestra,_Op._34
gptkbp:language English (for narration)
gptkbp:movement one continuous movement with variations
gptkbp:narrator optional
gptkbp:notableRecording gptkb:London_Symphony_Orchestra,_conducted_by_Benjamin_Britten
gptkbp:opusNumber Op. 34
gptkbp:orchestration full orchestra
gptkbp:purpose educational
soundtrack for the educational film 'Instruments of the Orchestra'
gptkbp:structure gptkb:theme_and_variations
gptkbp:themeComposer gptkb:Henry_Purcell
gptkbp:yearComposed 1945
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Proms
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra