The source for this work was among those from the composer's period spent in the USA.
The text source for this work was written by Arthur Cleveland Coxe. Britten altered one word of Coxe's original text, which reads 'Who is this with garments gory'. This work is a harmonisation of the hymn-tune 'Ebenezer' by Thomas J. Williams.
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Material has been microfilmed and is available as follows:
Composition sketch: A21, frames 220 - 225
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