Vocal Scores - Choral
Britten War Requiem BOOSEY & HAWKES (Choral Score)
VS80 BH5500013
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It is regarded by many as his masterpiece in the non-operatic sphere: Britten's War Requiem, premiered in 1962 to celebrate the opening of the new cathedral at Coventry, built to replace the one destroyed during the war. Britten used the opportunity to write a milestone of post-war music history: In memory of the war dead he combined texts of a Latin mass with 20th-century poems and set his deeply held pacifist and humanitarian beliefs to music. The requiem's direct style has overwhelmed audiences for more than fifty years.
Title: Britten, B: War Requiem op. 66
Composer: Britten, Benjamin
Arrangement: SATB Choir (CHOIR)
Media: sheet music
Edition Type: Choral Score
Language: Latin
Pages: 80
Category: Vocal & Choral » Choral » SATB
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Catalogue Number: BH5500013
Catalogue Number: BH-1557
EAN: 0073999891089
UPC: 073999891089
ISMN: 9790060015571 (M060015571)
Date Published: 2 Mar 2011
