Jenkins, Karl - The Armed Man (v/score)

The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace - complete vocal score

 

Commissioned for the millennium by Britain's Royal Armouries and dedicated to the victims of the Kosovo crisis, this work is a contemporary example of a mass based on the 15th-century French song L'homme armé (The Armed Man). Set within the framework of the Christian mass, The Armed Man is a major choral work which uses both sacred and secular texts.

Instrumentation: Mixed Choir (SATB) And Orchestra
Binding: Paperback/Soft Cover
Language: Latin - French - English
Edition Type: vocal/piano score
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes, London
Composition: 1999
Duration: 63
ISMN: M-060-11545-5
ISBN: 979-0-060-11545-5

Contents

• The Armed Man
• Call to Prayers
• Kyrie
• Save Me from Bloody Men
• Sanctus
• Hymn Before Action
• Charge!
• Angry Flames
• Torches
• Agnus Dei
• Now the Guns have Stopped
• Benedictus
• Better in Peace