Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
A Boy was Born (1932 -1933)
choral variations for male, female and children's choir a cappella, with organ accompaniment ad libitum
- General information
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Composition date:
nov 1932 - may 1933
Revision dates: 1955
- Duration: 30 mn
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Opus: 3
- Dedication: "to my Father"
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Composition date:
nov 1932 - may 1933
- Type
- A cappella vocal music [Mixed choir a cappella]
Detailed formation
- mixed choir
Premiere information
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Date:
23 February 1934
Location:création radiophonique à la B.B.C.
17 décembre 1934, création en concert à Londres, Macnaghten-Lemare concert
Table of contents
- Theme : A Boy was Born (Anon. 16e siècle)
- Variation 1 : Lullay, Jesu (Anon. avant 1536)
- Variation 2 : Herod (Anon. 15e siècle)
- Variation 3 : Jesu, as Thou art our Saviour (Anon. 15e siècle)
- Variation 4 : The Three Kings (Anon. 15e siècle)
- Variation 5 : In the Bleak mid-winter (Christina Rossetti - Anon. 15e siècle)
- Variation 6, Finale : Noël! (Anon. 15e siècle, Thomas Tusser, Francis Quarles)
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