Details
- Instrument:
- Choir Piano Accompaniment Voice
- Genres:
- Christian Contemporary
- Publishers:
- Boosey & Hawkes
- UPC:
- 073999850987
- Format:
- Vocal Score
- Item types:
- Physical
- Artist:
- Benjamin Britten
- Arrangers:
- Benjamin Britten
- Usages:
- Hymn Anthems
- Size:
- 7.0x10.5x0.011 inches
- Number of Pages:
- 4
- Shipping Weight:
- 0.06 pounds
SKU: HL.48008950
(The National Anthem) (1961) for SSAATTBB and orchestra Vocal Score. Composed by B. Britten. Arranged by Benjamin Britten. Boosey & Hawkes Sacred Choral. British, Classical, Contemporary. 4 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M060014727. Published by Boosey & Hawkes (HL.48008950).UPC: 073999850987. 7.0x10.5x0.011 inches.
Scoring: 2,2,2,2; 4,2,3,1; timps; 2 perc (cymb, sd, bd), strings Britten also made a reduced orchestration in 1967:2,2,2,2; 2,2,0,1(ad lib); timps; 2 perc (cymb, sd, bd) strings Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes Difficulty level: 1-2 This unusual arrangement of the British National Anthem was written for the Leeds Festival and sets two verses. The first is miraculously piano and the hushed awe engendered is extraordinary. How did he come up with something so simple and so original? This verse is in E-flat major. Four bars later and a molto crescendo past we are in a flag waving B-flat major and singing for all we are worth. The final phrase is repeated twice to round the whole thing off. It is a prime example of the simplest things so often being the most effective, as heard when this version has been programmed at The Last Night of the Proms. Duration: 3 minutes Paul Spicer, Lichfield, 2011.
- More by this Composer:
- Benjamin Britten Benjamin Britten Choir Benjamin Britten Piano Accompaniment Benjamin Britten Voice
- Instrument:
- Vocal Choir Piano and Keyboard Piano Accompaniment Vocal Voice
- Artists:
- Benjamin Britten
- Publisher:
- Boosey & Hawkes