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A Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976). SATB. BH Large Choral. Sacred, Christmas. 72 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M060014116. Published by Boosey & Hawkes (HL.48008895).

The accompaniment of this work was designed for harp. (Part available separately: 48008896). If a harp is not available, piano can be substituted.

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3 star rating

Anonymous

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Intermediate

January 9, 2009

stick w/ SSA

Great piece, but much better in its original treble version. Odd to have a German translation in the music.

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5 star rating

Walter Koehler

Location: from Washington DC

Difficulty Level:
Intermediate

November 18, 2008

A Christmas Standard

Britten's Ceremony of Carols is among the best known choral works for Christmas, so I'm not sure what a review will tell you. I seem to recall an earlier edition where Britten said that piano accompaniment should not be substituted for the harp, but the currrent edition says otherwise. In...

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5 star rating

Steve

Location: from Central Massachusetts

Difficulty Level:
Advanced

March 27, 2006

Hauntingly Beautiful w/Harp

My church choir performed this with harp accompaniment and it was wonderful. It took a lot of work to get the harmonies down pat, but the choir was SO proud of themselves it was worth every minute of long practices. Highly recommend for dedicated singers.

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5 star rating

Sarah

Location: from Cape Cod,MA

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Advanced

October 27, 2005

Choir

Im in 7th grade and my select chorus at my school is doing this....it is a challenge but I think it is really beautiful.

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5 star rating

Anonymous

Location: from queensbury ny

Difficulty Level:
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October 27, 2004

challenging yet beautiful

ill make it short- pushes vocal range, and its basically about counting in the collection i recomend u perform this in a college choir or community choir

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