War Requiem
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The War Requiem, Op. 66, is a choral and orchestral composition by Benjamin Britten, composed mostly in 1961 and completed in January 1962. The War Requiem was performed for the consecration of the ne
Interior of the new Coventry Cathedral, where the Requiem was first performed
Britten in 1965
Coventry Cathedral
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The Cathedral Church of Saint Michael, commonly known as Coventry Cathedral, is the seat of the Bishop of Coventry and the Diocese of Coventry within the Church of England. The cathedral is located in
War Requiem
…composition by Benjamin Britten, composed mostly in 1961 and completed in January 1962. The War Requiem was performed for the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral, in the English county of Warwickshire, which was built after the original fourteenth-century structure was destroyed in a World War II bombing raid…
Old (left) and new (right) cathedral buildings
1802 watercolour by William Crotch
The interior of the old cathedral, c. 1880
The roofless ruins of the old cathedral