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The Armed Man. (A Mass for Peace). By Karl Jenkins. For Choral, Chorus (SATB). BH Large Choral. Sacred, Secular. Book only. 128 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M060115455. Published by Boosey & Hawkes.
(1999, 63 minutes).
This is a powerful and compelling account of the descent into war and its terrible consequences. Dedicated to the victims of the Kosovo conflict, this work is a contemporary example of a mass based on the 15th-century French song “L'homme armé.” Set within the framework of the Latin mass, The Armed Man is a major choral work which uses both sacred and secular texts.
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