# Benjamin Britten

| Benjamin Britten |
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| Ganwyd | Edward Benjamin Britten  22 Tachwedd 1913  Lowestoft  |
| Bu farw | 4 Rhagfyr 1976  Aldeburgh  |
| Label recordio | Decca Records  |
| Dinasyddiaeth | y Deyrnas Unedig  |
| *Alma mater* | * Y Coleg Cerdd Frenhinol
* Ysgol Gresham
* Old Buckenham Hall School
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| Galwedigaeth | arweinydd, cyfansoddwr, pianydd, gwleidydd, coreograffydd  |
| Swydd | Aelod o Dŷ'r Arglwyddi  |
| Adnabyddus am | A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Turn of the Screw, Peter Grimes, The Rape of Lucretia, Albert Herring, The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra  |
| Arddull | opera, symffoni, cerddoriaeth glasurol  |
| Tad | Robert Victor Britten  |
| Mam | Edith Rhoda Hockey  |
| Partner | Peter Pears  |
| Gwobr/au | Gwobr Gerdd Léonie Sonning, Medal Aur Cymdeithas y Royal Philharmonic, Wihuri Sibelius Prize, Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, Johann Heinrich Merck Honour, Cydymaith Anrhydeddus, Urdd Teilyngdod, Maurice Ravel Prize  |
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Cyfansoddwr o Loegr oedd **Syr Edward Benjamin Britten** (22 Tachwedd 1913 – 4 Rhagfyr 1976).

## Gwaith cerddorol

* **Op. 1**, Sinfonietta, 1932
* **Op. 2**, *Phantasy*, 1932
* **Op. 3**, *A Boy was Born*, 1933/1955
* **Op. 4**, *Simple Symphony*, 1934
* **Op. 5**, *Holiday Diary*, 1934
* **Op. 6**, Suite i feiolin a phiano, 1935
* **Op. 7**, *Friday Afternoons*, 1935
* **Op. 8**, *Our Hunting Fathers* (bardd W. H. Auden), 1936
* **Op. 9**, *Soirées musicales*, 1936
* **Op. 10**, *Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge*, 1937
* **Op. 11**, *On this Island* (bardd W. H. Auden), 1937
* **Op. 12**, *Mont Juic*, 1937
* **Op. 13**, Concerto i Biano, 1938/1945
* **Op. 14**, *Ballad of Heroes* (beirdd W. H. Auden & Randall Swingler), 1939
* **Op. 15**, Concerto i Feiolin, 1939/1958
* **Op. 16**, *Young Apollo*, 1939
* **Op. 17**, *Paul Bunyan* (bardd W. H. Auden) 1941/1976
* **Op. 18**, *Les Illuminations* (bardd Arthur Rimbaud), 1939
* **Op. 19**, *Canadian Carnival*, 1939
* **Op. 20**, *Sinfonia da Requiem*, 1940
* **Op. 21**, *Diversions* 1940/1954
* **Op. 22**, *Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo*, 1940
* **Op. 23**
	+ **1**, *Introduction and Rondo alla burlesca*, 1940
	+ **2**, *Mazurka elegaica*, 1941
* **Op. 24**, *Matinées musicales*, 1941
* **Op. 25**, Pedwarawd Llinynnol rhif 1, 1941
* **Op. 26**, *Scottish Ballad*, 1941
* (**Op. 27**, *An American Overture*, 1941)
* **Op. 27**, *Hymn to St. Cecilia*, 1942
* **Op. 28**, *A Ceremony of Carols*, 1942
* **Op. 29**, *Prelude and Fugue*, 1943
* **Op. 30**, *Rejoice in the Lamb*, 1943
* **Op. 31**, *Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings*, 1943
* **Op. 32**, *Festival Te Deum*, 1945
* **Op. 33**, *Peter Grimes*, 1945
* **Op. 34**, *Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Henry Purcell*, 1946
* **Op. 35**, *The Holy Sonnets of John Donne*, 1945
* **Op. 36**, Pedwarawd Llinynnol rhif 2, 1945
* **Op. 37**, *The Rape of Lucretia*, 1946/1947
* **Op. 38**, *Occasional Overture*, 1946
* **Op. 39**, *Albert Herring* opera (bardd Eric Crozier), 1947
* **Op. 40**, *My beloved is mine* (bardd Francis Quarles), 1947
* **Op. 41**, *A Charm of Lullabies*, 1947
* **Op. 42**, *St Nicolas*, 1948
* **Op. 43**, *The Beggar's Opera*, 1948
* **Op. 44**, *Spring Symphony*, 1949
* **Op. 45**, *The Little Sweep* (bardd Eric Crozier), 1949
* **Op. 46**, *Amo Ergo Sum* (bardd Ronald Duncan), 1949
* **Op. 47**, *Five Flower Songs*, 1950
* **Op. 48**, *Lachrymae*, 1950
	+ **Op. 48a**, *Lachrymae*, 1976
* **Op. 49**, *Six Metamorphoses after Ovid*, 1951
* **Op. 50**, *Billy Budd*, opera (bardd E. M. Forster), 1951/1960
* **Op. 51**, *Abraham and Isaac*, 1952
* **Op. 52**, *Winter Words* (bardd Thomas Hardy), 1953
* **Op. 53**, *Gloriana*, 1953
* **Op. 54**, *The Turn of the Screw* (bardd Myfanwy Piper), 1954
* **Op. 55**, *Still Falls the Rain* (bardd Edith Sitwell), 1954
* **Op. 56**
	+ **Op. 56a**, *Hymn to St Peter*, 1955
	+ **Op. 56b**, *Antiphon*, 1955
* **Op. 57**, *The Prince of the Pagodas*, 1956
	+ **Op. 57a**, *Pas de six*, 1956
* **Op. 58**, *Songs from the Chinese*, 1957
* **Op. 59**, *Noye's Fludde*, 1957
* **Op. 60**, *Nocturne*, 1958
* **Op. 61**, *Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente*, 1958
* **Op. 62**, *Cantata academica*, 1959
* **Op. 63**, *Missa brevis*, 1959
* **Op. 64**, *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (beirdd Benjamin Britten & Peter Pears), 1960
* **Op. 65**, Sonata i sielo a phiano, 1961
* **Op. 66**, *War Requiem*, 1961
* **Op. 67**, *Psalm CL*, 1962
* **Op. 68**, *Cello Symphony*, 1963
* **Op. 69**, *Cantata misericordium*, 1963
* **Op. 70**, *Nocturnal after John Dowland*, 1963
* **Op. 71**, *Curlew River* (bardd William Plomer), 1964
* **Op. 72**, *Cello Suite* rhif 1, 1964
* **Op. 73**, *Gemini Variations*, 1965
* **Op. 74**, *Songs and Proverbs of William Blake*, 1965
* **Op. 75**, *Voices for Today*, 1965
* **Op. 76**, *The Poet's Echo* (bardd Aleksandr Pushkin), 1965
* **Op. 77**, *The Burning Fiery Furnace* (bardd William Plomer), 1966
* **Op. 78**, *The Golden Vanity* (bardd Colin Graham), 1966
* **Op. 79**, *The Building of the House*, 1967
* **Op. 80**, *Cello Suite* rhif 2, 1967
* **Op. 81**, *The Prodigal Son* (bardd William Plomer), 1968
* **Op. 82**, *Children's Crusade* (bardd Bertold Brecht), 1968
* **Op. 83**, Suite i delyn, 1969
* **Op. 84**, *Who are these Children?* (bardd William Soutar), 1969
* **Op. 85**, *Owen Wingrave* (bardd Myfanwy Piper), 1970
* **Op. 86**, *The Journey of the Magi* (bardd T. S. Eliot), 1971
* **Op. 87**, *Cello Suite* rhif 3, 1972
* **Op. 88**, *Death in Venice* (bardd Myfanwy Piper), 1973
* **Op. 89**, *The Death of Narcissus* (bardd T. S. Eliot), 1974
* **Op. 90**, *A Suite on English Folk Tunes: A Time There Was*, 1974
* **Op. 91**, *Sacred and Profane*, 1975
* **Op. 92**, *A Birthday Hansel* (bardd Robert Burns), 1975
* **Op. 93**, *Phaedra*, cantata (bardd Robert Lowell), 1975
* **Op. 94**, Pedwarawd Llinynnol rhif 3, 1975
* **Op. 95**, *Welcome Ode*, 1976