The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34 is a musical composition by Benjamin Britten in 1946 with a subtitle "Variation and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell". The work is considered as one of the most well-known pieces by the composer, and is one of the three popularly-used scores in children's music education, together with Saint-Saëns' The Carnival of the Animals and Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf.

Related Topics:
Benjamin Britten - Fugue - Music education - Saint-Saëns - The Carnival of the Animals - Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf

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