A Boy Was Born
A Boy Was Born (published as A Boy was Born), Op. 3, is a choral composition by Benjamin Britten. The Choral variations for men's, women's and boys' voices, unaccompanied (organ ad lib) was originally composed from 1932 to 1933. It was first performed on 23 February 1934 as a BBC broadcast. Britten revised the work in 1955. The composer set different texts related to Christmas to music as theme and variations, scored for an a cappella choir with boys' voices.
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A Boy Was Born
A Boy Was Born (published as A Boy was Born), Op. 3, is a choral composition by Benjamin Britten. The Choral variations for men's, women's and boys' voices, unaccompanied (organ ad lib) was originally composed from 1932 to 1933. It was first performed on 23 February 1934 as a BBC broadcast. Britten revised the work in 1955. The composer set different texts related to Christmas to music as theme and variations, scored for an a cappella choir with boys' voices.
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A Boy was Born (Ein Junge wurd ...... nach der Komposition benannt.
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"To my Father"
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A Boy Was Born
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1934-02-23
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Choral variations for unaccompanied voices
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Ten texts, mostly from the 15th and 16th century
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* four-part choir
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A Boy Was Born (published as A ...... pella choir with boys' voices.
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A Boy was Born (Ein Junge wurd ...... tten revidierte das Werk 1955.
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A Boy Was Born
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A Boy was Born
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