Britten Thematic Catalogue

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BTC913 WHO IS THIS IN GARMENTS GORY?

For mixed voices and piano
Period of composition: ca. 1941 - ca. 1942
Date notes

The source for this work was among those from the composer's period spent in the USA.

Genre: Choral
Text: Arthur Cleveland Coxe (1818-1896)

Britten altered one word of Coxe's original text, which reads 'Who is this with garments gory'.

Notes

A harmonisation of the hymn-tune 'Ebenezer' by Thomas J. Williams.

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