<P> The Young Person 's Guide to the Orchestra is a 1945 musical composition by Benjamin Britten with a subtitle Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell . It was based on the second movement , `` Rondeau '' , of the Abdelazer suite . It was originally commissioned for the British educational documentary film called Instruments of the Orchestra released on 29 November 1946 , directed by Muir Mathieson and featuring the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Sargent ; Sargent also conducted the concert première on 15 October 1946 with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic in the Philharmonic Hall , Liverpool , England . </P>
<P> The Young Person 's Guide to the Orchestra is a 1945 musical composition by Benjamin Britten with a subtitle Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell . It was based on the second movement , `` Rondeau '' , of the Abdelazer suite . It was originally commissioned for the British educational documentary film called Instruments of the Orchestra released on 29 November 1946 , directed by Muir Mathieson and featuring the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Sargent ; Sargent also conducted the concert première on 15 October 1946 with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic in the Philharmonic Hall , Liverpool , England . </P>
who wrote the young person 's guide to the orchestra
who wrote the young person 's guide to the orchestra
Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten