The Simple Symphony, Op. 4, is a work for string orchestra or string quartet by Benjamin Britten. It was written between December 1933 and February 1934 in Lowestoft, using bits of score that the composer had written for the piano as a young teenager, between 1923 and 1926. It was composed for string orchestra and received its first performance in 1934 at Stuart Hall in Norwich, with Britten conducting an amateur orchestra.
| Date of composition | 1934 (23 December 1933 - 10 February 1934) |
| Premiered | 1934, March 6th (Stuart Hall) in Norwich, United Kingdom by Benjamin Britten |
| Dedicated to | 'Dedicated to Audrey Alston (Mrs Lincolne Sutton)' |
| Type | Symphony |
| Catalogue | BTC 756 |
| Approx. duration | 18 minutes |
| Instruments | String Orchestra |
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