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.

Date of composition 1933 (25 November 1932 - 11 May 1933; revised in 1955 and 1957-1958)
Premiered 1934, February 23rd in London, United Kingdom
Type Sacred choral
Catalogue BTC 753
Approx. duration 30 minutes
Instruments Voice - Male voices ;
Voice - Female voices ;
Voice - Boy singers ;
Organ
Autotranslations beta Benjamin Britten: A Boy Was Born, BTC 753
Benjamin Britten: A Boy Was Born, BTC 753
Benjamin Britten: A Boy Was Born, BTC 753