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    A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28 is an extended choral composition for Christmas by Benjamin Britten scored for three-part treble chorus, solo voices, and...
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  • works based on carols. Examples include Benjamin Britten (A Ceremony of Carols), Ralph Vaughan Williams (Fantasia on Christmas Carols) and Victor Hely-Hutchinson...
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    was a significant contribution to a revival of carols in Victorian Britain. In 1916, Charles Lewis Hutchins published Carols Old and Carols New, a scholarly...
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  • This list of Christmas carols is organized by language of origin. Originally, a "Christmas carol" referred to a piece of vocal music in carol form whose...
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  • Britten – "Balulalow", from his A Ceremony of Carols Benjamin Britten – "That yongë child", from his A Ceremony of Carols Sarah Hopkins – "Past Life Melodies"...
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    Trafalgar Square Christmas tree (category Aftermath of World War II in the United Kingdom)
    attended by thousands of people. The ceremony, led by the Lord Mayor of Westminster, includes a band and choir followed by the switching on of the Christmas lights...
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    Cecilia, Op. 27, for unaccompanied choir (poem by W. H. Auden; 1942) A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28, for treble voices and harp (1942); an alternative arrangement...
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  • Freezing Winter's Night", the ninth movement in Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols, is in Locrian mode. English folk musician John Kirkpatrick's song...
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    at the same time as A Ceremony of Carols, which shares the same affect.[citation needed] The text itself follows in the tradition of odes, including an...
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    2006. In June 2007, Camille performed Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols and a new a cappella work God is sound (The 12 World Prayers) at L'église...
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