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ReferenceBBM/the_oxen

Subtitle / Other TitleCarol for women's voices (two parts) and piano

Date19 Apr 1967

DescriptionWork dedicated: 'For Cecily Smithwick and the East Coker W.I.'. It was commissioned by the dedicatee in the summer of 1966 and in Autumn 1966 all members of the Women's Institute in Somerset were invited to send in possible texts. Aselection of these poems, including The oxen by Thomas Hardy, was sent to Britten to choose from.

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CopiesMaterial has been microfilmed and is available as follows:
Composition sketch: X7, frames 281 - 289

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