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BTC1060.1 WE ARE THE DARKNESS IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY

Song for five-part mixed choir (SMezATB) unaccompanied
Composition date: ca. 1956
Date notes

The manuscript score is undated, but was probably completed shortly after the first performance of The heart of the matter.

Genre: Choral (unaccompanied)
Mixed voices
Text: Edith Sitwell (1887-1964)

Notes

The arrangement was made for Imogen Holst and the Purcell Singers but was not performed during the composer's lifetime.

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