| Description |
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
000516 000220 000335 000424 000242 000227 000507 000338 000218 000235 001654 001419 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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digital recording |
| Note |
First ten works composed to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and published as A garland for the Queen. |
| Performer |
Cambridge University Chamber Choir ; Timothy Brown, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded June 23-24, 1991, in St. George's Church, Cambridge. |
| Note |
Program notes by Clifford Bartlett, and texts of the 11th and 12th works, the latter with modern English translation (15 p. : ill.)--inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Aubade / Arthur Bliss (5:16) -- What is it like / Arnold Bax (2:20) -- Dance, clarion air / Michael Tippett (3:35) -- Silence and music / R. Vaughan Williams (4:24) -- Spring at this hour / Lennox Berkeley (2:42) -- The hills / John Ireland (2:27) -- Inheritance / Herbert Howells (5:07) -- White-flowering days / Gerald Finzi (3:38) -- Canzonet / Alan Rawsthorne (2:18) -- Salutation / Edmund Rubbra (2:35) -- A.M.D.G. (16:54) ; Sacred and profane (14:19) / Benjamin Britten. |
| Language |
The 12th work sung in Middle English. |
| Subject |
Choruses (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied.
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Choruses (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied. |
| Genre/Form |
Coronation music.
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Coronation music.
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| Subject |
Coronation music. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022.
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Brown, Timothy, 1946- conductor.
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Bliss, Arthur, 1891-1975.
Aubade for Coronation morning.
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Bax, Arnold, 1883-1953.
What is it like to be young and fair?
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Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998.
Dance, clarion air.
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Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958.
Silence and music.
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Berkeley, Lennox, 1903-1989.
Spring at this hour.
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Ireland, John, 1879-1962.
Hills.
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Howells, Herbert, 1892-1983.
Inheritance.
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Finzi, Gerald, 1901-1956.
White-flowering days.
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Rawsthorne, Alan, 1905-1971.
Canzonet, soprano, mixed voices.
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Rubbra, Edmund, 1901-1986.
Salutation.
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Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
A.M.D.G.
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Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Sacred and profane.
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| Standard No. |
021252152927 |
| Music No. |
GAMCD 529 Gamut Classics |
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