The Gift Disguised
for Mixed choir, unaccompanied
This work was the first prize winner in the 2010 Ithaca College Choral Composition Competition.
SKU: RBT-004
Categories: Choral Music, Mixed Voices
Instrumentation: Choral
| Instrumentation: | A Cappella |
| Descriptive Tags: | Comfort |
| Language: | English |
| Sacred or Secular: | Secular |
| Voicing: | SATB |
| Duration: | 1-5 Minutes |
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