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BOAR'S HILL

BOAR'S HILL

Composer: Lennox Berkeley
Published in 1 hymnal


Composer: Lennox Berkeley

Lennox Berkeley was born in 1903 in Oxfordshire, England. He studied French at Merton College, Oxford, but also studied organ. During this time he met Maurice Ravel who suggested that he study with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. He became a Roman Catholic in 1928, which influenced his music. He was a friend and collaborator with Benjamin Britten. He composed a wide range of orchestral works, choral works, and opera. Dianne Shapiro, from biography be Peter Dickinson, 1991 accessed from Wise Music Classical website (https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/composer/109/Lennox-Berkeley/) (3/20/22) Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: BOAR'S HILL
Composer: Lennox Berkeley
Incipit: 34321 35545
Notes: Commissioned for The Cambridge Hymnal.
Key: f minor
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Instances

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The Cambridge Hymnal #40

The Cambridge Hymnal #40
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