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 an educational documentary film called Instruments of the Orchestra, directed by Muir Mathieson and featuring the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Sargent.
| Date of composition | 1945 |
| Premiered | 1946, October 15th (Philharmonic Hall) in Liverpool, United Kingdom |
| Dedicated to | 'This work is affectionately inscribed to the children of John and Jean Maud: Humphrey, Pamela, Caroline and Virginia, for their edification and entertainment' |
| Catalogue | BTC 991 |
| Approx. duration | 17 minutes |
| Instruments | Orchestra |
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