A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28, is a choral piece by Benjamin Britten, scored for three-part treble chorus, solo voices, and harp. Written for Christmas, it consists of eleven movements, with text from The English Galaxy of Shorter Poems, edited by Gerald Bullett; it is in Middle English. The piece was written in 1942 while Britten was at sea, going from the United States to England.
Date of composition | 1942 (March - October 1942; revised in 1943) |
Premiered | 1942, December 5th (Norwich Castle) in Norwich, United Kingdom |
Type | Sacred choral |
Instruments |
Voice (Treble)
Harp |
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