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BTC728 TWO PSALMS

For mixed voices (SCTB) and orchestra
Period of composition: 8 Jul - 26 Dec 1931
Revised: 30 Dec 1931-19 Jan 1932
Genre: Choral
Performing forces:

Orchestra: 2 fl (II=picc), 2 ob (II=ca), 2 cl (II=bass cl), 2 bn - 4 hn in F, 2 tpt in C, 3 trbn, bass tuba - timp, perc (cymbs, sd, tamburo militaire) - str

Notes

Submitted, with Phantasy quintet in F minor (Jan-Feb 1932), in support of Britten's application for the Mendelssohn Scholarship at the Royal College of Music.

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