Which of Britten's works is a large-scale choral piece composed in 1962?
War Requiem
A Ceremony of Carols
Gloriana
Phaedra
Answer
The War Requiem, composed in 1962, is a large-scale choral work by Benjamin Britten. It was written to mark the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral, which was built after the original was destroyed during World War II. The piece combines the traditional Latin Requiem Mass with the poetry of Wilfred Owen, a World War I soldier and poet.
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