War requiem

op. 66 /
Benjamin Britten.
[music] :
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976
Contributors: Owen, Wilfred, 1893-1918
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Format: Musical Score Book
Language:English
Published / Created: London: Boosey & Hawkes, c1962.
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Notes:For soprano, tenor, baritone, mixed chorus, boy's choir, orchestra and chamber orchestra.

Duration: 85 min.

Pl. no.: B. & H. 18990.

At head of title: "Commissioned for the Festival to celebrate the Consecration of St. Michael's Cathedral, Coventry, May 1962".

"Words [Latin and English] from the Missa pro defunctis and the poems of Wilfred Owen."

Words printed as text preceding score.

Dedicated "in loving memory of Roger Burney [...], Piers Dunkerley [...], David Gill [...], Michael Halliday [...]".

NLI copy signed by Bryden Thomson on title page.

Physical description: 1 miniature score (238 p.) ; 27 x 19 cm.

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