Autographs of Benjamin Britten

Current items with a signature of Benjamin Britten

These are the most current items with a signature of Benjamin Britten that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	Benjamin Britten & Peter Pears Signed 1953 Royal Albert Hall Promenade Programme	£175.00
	BENJAMIN BRITTEN - BRITISH COMPOSER - AUTOGRAPH - 1955	£249.99

Born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, the son of a dentist, Britten showed talent from an early age. He studied at the Royal College of Music in London and privately with the composer Frank Bridge. Britten first came to public attention with the a cappella choral work A Boy was Born in 1934. With the premiere of Peter Grimes in 1945, he leapt to international fame. Over the next 28 years, he wrote 14 more operas, establishing himself as one of the leading 20th-century composers in the genre. In addition to large-scale operas for Sadler's Wells and Covent Garden, he wrote chamber operas for small forces, suitable for performance in venues of modest size. Among the best known of these is The Turn of the Screw (1954). Recurring themes in his operas include the struggle of an outsider against a hostile society and the corruption of innocence.

Britten's other works range from orchestral to choral, solo vocal, chamber and instrumental as well as film music. He took a great interest in writing music for children and amateur performers, including the opera Noye's Fludde, a Missa Brevis, and the song collection Friday Afternoons. He often composed with particular performers in mind. His most frequent and important muse was his personal and professional partner, the tenor Peter Pears; others included Kathleen Ferrier, Jennifer Vyvyan, Janet Baker, Dennis Brain, Julian Bream, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Osian Ellis and Mstislav Rostropovich. Britten was a celebrated pianist and conductor, performing many of his own works in concert and on record. He also performed and recorded works by others, such as Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, Mozart symphonies, and song cycles by Schubert and Schumann. Read even more about Benjamin Britten at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Benjamin Britten

In total, we tracked 62 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.

The most expensive item with a signature of Benjamin Britten (c1950s SIGNED Benjamin Britten Peter Pears Real Photograph To Dennis Brain) was sold in November 2023 for £1270.00 while the cheapest item (Good - War Requiem Op.66 Benjamin Britten Undated Boosey and Hawkes,signed) found a new owner for £0.99 in November 2019. The month with the most items sold (4) was October 2022 with an average selling price of £36.46 for an autographed item of Benjamin Britten. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in November 2023 with £350.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £4.99 was September 2018. In average, an autographed item from Benjamin Britten is worth £74.49.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Benjamin Britten were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	Benjamin Britten & Peter Pears Signed 1966 Programme Leeds Grammar Sch - BK/AG	£74.99
	Benjamin Britten *COMPOSER SIGNED* + Peter Pears Britten Nocturnes Decca LXT5564	£250.00
	Benjamin Britten *COMPOSER SIGNED* Cantata Misericordium NM Decca SXL 6175 ED1	£350.00
	BENJAMIN BRITTEN - Composer - Conductor - Pianist - Autograph letter - 1935	£244.00
	Benjamin Britten And Peter Pears Autographs Signed Recital Programme 1952.	£148.00
	Benjamin Britten by Kendall (Book) Signed Rostropovich, Imogen Holst + More	£80.00
	c1950s SIGNED Benjamin Britten Peter Pears Real Photograph To Dennis Brain	£1270.00
	Peter Pears - Opera Singer - Partner of Benjamin Britten - Original HS Autograph	£9.95
	SIR BENJAMIN BRITTEN . RARE SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF 'CHILDRENS CRUSADE	£190.85
	SIR BENJAMIN BRITTEN AND PETER PEARS ORIGINAL SIGNED CARD. PLUS LUGGAGE LABEL	£38.36