Advance Democracy
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Advance Democracy is a 1938 piece for unaccompanied choir by British composer Benjamin Britten.
History
In 1938, in reaction to the Munich Agreement and threat posed by the Axis against the liberal order in Europe, the London Co-operative Society commissioned a propaganda piece to promote democracy.{{cite web |last1=Spicer |first1=Paul |title=Advance Democracy (1938) |url=https://www.halleonard.com/product/48003266/advance-democracy |website=Hal Leonard |accessdate=22 February 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Rushworth |first1=Charlotte |title=Britten’s Advance Democracy – A rallying cry for us all |url=https://www.pinksingers.co.uk/2019/12/10/advance-democracy/ |website=Pink Singers |accessdate=22 February 2020}} Poet Randall Swingler wrote the lyrics.{{cite web |last1=Jane |first1=Caecilia |title=Benjamin Britten and WW2 propaganda |url=https://www.danceshistoricalmiscellany.com/benjamin-britten-ww2-propaganda/ |website=A Historical Miscellany |accessdate=22 February 2020}}
Music
References
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= External links =
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2LiXo1It-E S:t Jacobs Ungdomskör - Benjamin Britten: Advance Democracy]
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