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''Prelude and Fugue on a Theme of Vittoria'' is a work for solo organ composed by Benjamin Britten in 1946. It was commissioned for St Matthew's Church, Northampton and first performed on 21 September 1946, St Matthew's Day, three days after its composition. It uses a theme from a motet by the Spanish composer Vittoria, both in the prelude (where it is played repeatedly on the pedals) and as the basis for the fugue. The piece, which lasts about five minutes in performance, has had a mixed reception. One writer has noted the difficulty on finding a suitable organ on which to perform the piece, given the difficulties in finding appropriate registration to meet Britten's requirements. A reviewer of a concert performance in the 1960s called it "a contrived attempt to make bricks without straw",〔 although other commentators have been more favourable about the piece.
==Background==
The English composer Benjamin Britten was asked to write the ''Prelude and Fugue'' for St Matthew's Church, Northampton. It was first performed there on St Matthew's Day (21 September) 1946, three days after it was composed.〔 There is a story that he wrote it in bed one morning before breakfast.〔 Britten had previously been commissioned by the vicar of St Matthew's, Walter Hussey, to write a cantata, ''Rejoice in the Lamb'', for the church's fiftieth anniversary in 1943; the organ accompaniment for the cantata used the organ in a "strikingly original way". The ''Prelude and Fugue'' was one of two pieces based on themes by other composers that Britten wrote in 1946; the other was the ''Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra'', which was based on a piece by Henry Purcell.
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