Under an English Heaven
for Mixed choir, unaccompanied
This work sets war poems by World War I poets Wilfred Owen and Rupert Brooke.
SKU: RBT-008
Categories: Choral Music, Mixed Voices
Instrumentation: Choral
| Instrumentation: | A Cappella |
| Descriptive Tags: | Comfort, Heaven, Music About Music, Poetry, War |
| Difficulty: | Advanced Student |
| Language: | English |
| Sacred or Secular: | Secular |
| Voicing: | SATB |
| Duration: | 1-5 Minutes |
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