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• Rejoice in the Lamb — (Op. 30) is a festival cantata for four soloists, SATB choir, and organ composed by Benjamin Britten in 1943 and based on the poem Jubilate Agno by Christopher Smart (1722 1771). The poem, written while Smart was in an insane asylum, is a highly… …   Wikipedia

• Arie den Arend — (* 3. Februar 1903 in Pernis, Niederlande; † 22. Februar 1982 in Rotterdam) war ein niederländischer Komponist. Mit 10 Jahren erhielt er Orgelunterricht beim örtlichen Organisten in der Kirche namens A. Noordzij. Mit 13 Jahren wurde er Mitglied… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• choral music — ▪ vocal music Introduction       music sung by a choir with two or more voices assigned to each part. Choral music is necessarily polyphonal i.e., consisting of two or more autonomous vocal (vocal music) lines. It has a long history in European… …   Universalium